Best brush to clean live rocks? - Page 2

tmz · 05/17/2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally posted by brandonandholly
Yeah, I'm realizing how much I don't know about this hobby.
I am a newbie tho'

Scrubbing the rocks? I guess I need to read up on this stuff a little more!!!

Me too. That's part of why I like it. The amount of learning that you can do is virtually endless.
Unfortunately, thanks to cap'n all I learned from this thread was how to play "music" on a turkey baster.

Well at least it's something. American idol here I come.

Aquarist007 · 05/17/2008, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by jkrentz2515
This is what I do and then every 2 weeks I baste the rock and then do a water change at the same time. This way I take a little work load off of the skimmer.

to really take the load off the skimmer, I run a filter sock for 24 hours after I baste the live rock and substrate. Protein skimmers do remove some nitrates and phosphates but not near as much as they do organics--so when you put them back into the water column the filter sock helps

Aquarist007 · 05/17/2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by tmz
Me too. That's part of why I like it. The amount of learning that you can do is virtually endless.
Unfortunately, thanks to cap'n all I learned from this thread was how to play "music" on a turkey baster. Well at least it's something. American idol here I come.

ah ha so far it has been a one way street here---I learned a tremdous amount from Tmz but I doubt it has been reciprocal.

good to hear I have finally contributed to his knowledge base

John Rambo · 11/04/2017, 12:48 PM

Made my own tool out of the siphon for vacuuming the bottom. I installed a battery operated rotating toothbrush inside the vacume tube. While doing a water change it turn on the tooth brush to clean green algae off live rock while the water sucks it out so it dont go all over my tank.

outy · 11/04/2017, 01:55 PM

dish brush, works

davocean · 11/04/2017, 02:01 PM

Pretty old post, but I have to suggest sonic scrubber, like an electric toothbrush that is battery powered, water proof, comes w/ multiple head choices.

duncanpate1 · 11/04/2017, 02:15 PM

Denture brush here!

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homer1475 · 11/04/2017, 04:28 PM

+1 for the toothbrush.

I also use on occasions a stiff nylon bristle brush.

Timfish · 09/05/2020, 07:28 AM

+1 on the toothbrush.

11/04/2017, 12:48 PM	#29
John Rambo Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: West Virginia Posts: 12	Invention Made my own tool out of the siphon for vacuuming the bottom. I installed a battery operated rotating toothbrush inside the vacume tube. While doing a water change it turn on the tooth brush to clean green algae off live rock while the water sucks it out so it dont go all over my tank.

11/04/2017, 02:01 PM	#31
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	Pretty old post, but I have to suggest sonic scrubber, like an electric toothbrush that is battery powered, water proof, comes w/ multiple head choices. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

11/04/2017, 04:28 PM	#33
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	+1 for the toothbrush. I also use on occasions a stiff nylon bristle brush. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

09/05/2020, 07:28 AM	#34
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,985	+1 on the toothbrush. __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

11/04/2017, 01:55 PM	#30
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	dish brush, works

11/04/2017, 02:15 PM	#32
duncanpate1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 149	Denture brush here! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk