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Originally Posted by Llorgon
What do you use to scrub the rocks, just a toothbrush?
I agree on the H2O2. After reading more into it it seems like it usually will kill more than just the algae. Which I am not sure my tank can handle that at the moment
For scrubbing the rocks I just scrub them in some saltwater and then put them back in?
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I use this to scrub the rocks
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/small...ood-grips.html I bought it off amazon.ca.
Just take the rock carefully out of the tank trying not to dump the detritus into the tank. Scrub them until you remove all traces of hair algae. You can spot treat with straightup 3% peroxide for tough to reach areas. Not the difficult to do just takes time. It is important after doing it to turkey baste your rocks regularly and not let any detritus settle on them.
You also need to look at maintaining your sandbed before it becomes part of the problem. See this thread,
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/th...t-many.230281/
This thread has a lot of useful information in it.
it is amazing how much detritus builds up in your sand. I actually ended up siphoning most of it out and only left some in one end of the tank for the wrasse. Mostly because I had a really bad cyano outbreak that took me over a year to get under control.
You are lucky you do not have a lot of rocks in your tank.