Coral Cleaning

[huntnikk]

I have dead coral in my tank ( I guess you say dead since its the type that nothing grows on)
and it has been building up algea (turning brown). I have been debating cleaning it..

If I do clean it i have been told I can bleach it clean as long as I clean it a bunch of times after to get the bleach out and it is recommeded to leave it out in the sun for a few days to make sure all the bleach is out..

Any thoughts?

 

[steelhealr]

Bleaching is OK to clean it but rinse it thoroughly. You could even soak it in dechlorinator solution afterwards. Another way to do it would be to just let it sit in RO water for a coupla days...that would kill most SW species SH

 

[Opcn]

is there still flesh on it, many sps will not grow and turn brown if you do not give them enought light

 

[huntnikk]

Bleaching is OK to clean it but rinse it thoroughly. You could even soak it in dechlorinator solution afterwards. Another way to do it would be to just let it sit in RO water for a coupla days...that would kill most SW species SH

Hmmmm....RO water?? not sure what that stands for? reallly old water??

 

[Navarre]

RO= Reverse Osmosis water. No marine tank should operate without it IMO

I used to have a system very much like yours. Bleashed corals etc and i have to be honest, they were a real pain to keep clean. Because i had no liverock i had reasonably high nitrate, this in turn would feed algae groths and of course the corals (dead ones) would very quickly become covered in a coating of algae. I would bleach it as suggested but within a mere week it would have a covering once again. In the end i just let it get covered as i was constantly cleaning the tank.

 

[huntnikk]

RO= Reverse Osmosis water. No marine tank should operate without it IMO

I used to have a system very much like yours. Bleashed corals etc and i have to be honest, they were a real pain to keep clean. Because i had no liverock i had reasonably high nitrate, this in turn would feed algae groths and of course the corals (dead ones) would very quickly become covered in a coating of algae. I would bleach it as suggested but within a mere week it would have a covering once again. In the end i just let it get covered as i was constantly cleaning the tank.

Well I thought about letting it stay coated because it doesn't look bad... I just didn't want it to get out of hand.

Reverse Osmosis... ok see I thought about adding that to my tank, and since I am new to Saltwater (not fresh water) I asked a few people for there opinions before I got started but nobody really said you absoulutly needed one.

I have two little giant pumps, 2 500 sereis nu-clear filters and an all seas marine (ASM) UV sterilizer.
I also have a whisper air pump but I don't use it because it causes 2 much salt buildup at the top of my tank