Removing Algae

[rthomas]

Looking at buying a used reef ready tank that has purple algae on the glass. Can that stuff usually be removed with a scraper or any other tool?

 

[Krish]

Depending on the type of algae (which I think in your case is red slime from your other thread) a toothbrush could work and possibly swishing the rock in a bucket of tank water

 

[spongebob lover]

tooth brush would do it .
or if its coraline, then a scrapper but check before scrapping dood

 

[rthomas]

It is coraline so I think I'll look at getting a real good scrapper

 

[burning2nd]

i vote negitve on the tooth brush...

defintly wanna turn the flow off all the way... let the water stnad still... start your siphone for your water change, pulling and sucking it out at the same time...

 

[Reeferdude]

You didn't mention if the tank is running now or just sitting. Naturally, if it's just sitting scrape it off (razor blade or some other tool) and hose it out. If it's running now and you plan on tearing it down to transport it. Clean it then, same method as above. If the tank is staying together (small transportable tank) and it's Coralline I would scrape it off and let the debris seed the rock. This is assuming the tank is glass...Different approach for acrylic.