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Harbour
09/01/2006, 01:47 PM
In the past Turf Algae meant pulling the rock and trying to pull it off by hand for me. The algae I'm talking about is the very short green stuff that is almost impossible to pull off by hand. Can't find a snail, crab or fish that really likes the stuff.

Today while in my garage getting my bucket for a water change I saw my battery terminal cleaner that I've never used. It's the hard bristly christmas tree shaped thing!

Decided to pull a rock while doing a water change to see if it would clean the turf.

Worked like a charm. Of course it also worked over the purple algae too but that should grow back faster then the turf. The turf is now short enough (if not gone complet) that a snail might just clean up the rest.

Harbour

Harbour
09/01/2006, 09:27 PM
What have you used to physically remove it?

Harbour

Harbour
09/03/2006, 06:27 PM
Last try - Anyone?

Harbour

Dag
11/22/2006, 08:58 PM
Still looking for something ....

Ryanqk
11/22/2006, 09:34 PM
I have a thread in this forum about the very same algae i'm battling. Right now my sea hare is takin care of it, but i'm also looking for methods to finish it off. Basically you are saying you used a metal wire brush? I tried using a toothbrush before but it didnt work. I'm hoping the sea hare does it without need for me to scrub my rocks down....
Ryan

kae
11/23/2006, 01:56 PM
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5586/redturfalgaewp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Is this a turf algae? My turbo snail eat it like crazy. :)

Salamander
11/23/2006, 02:39 PM
Try a hammer and chisel other. IME it will come back if you remove it any otherway. Break the rock and toss the bad pieces.