Trimming back GSP

disc1 · 10/18/2010, 03:46 PM

Trimmed back some GSP and missed a few stragglers. Will Joe's Juice in a hypodermic right down into the polyp kill them, or is it just going to pop up another polyp next to it?

cloak · 10/18/2010, 04:44 PM

I'm not to sure about the hypodermic needle approach, but I've always just used my finger nails to scratch them from the rock. A wire brush would also work. You almost have to completely destroy that purple mat to make sure they won't make a comeback. Smothering them with epoxy is another option if there's not a whole lot of them.

HKAVR45 · 10/19/2010, 07:03 AM

Is it possible to remove the rock and chisel the GSP off with a hammer & screw driver? I had the same problem and I've tried picking the purple mat off the rock, hitting them with joe's juice, and covering them with epoxy, yet they still come back. If I ever get them under control and decide to keep a small colony, they will be banished to an island in the sand.

Bretts05jeep · 10/19/2010, 07:36 AM

depending on were it is you could try puting a piece of live rock on it to block the lighe and starve it to death. I have a large rock of it and it is on an island to prevent it from taking over.

Steve Wright2 · 10/19/2010, 07:42 AM

for smaller areas in the crevices of rocks, once you have scrapped away the GSP from the surface I have found reef putty rolled about 2 or 3mm thick and then spread over the crevices , making sure it overlaps some, is a good way of ensuring it does not come back

if you combine this process by placing a frag disc or plug over the top of the newly puttied area , then it is also aesthetically better

dont to to much at any 1 time for obvious reasons
and dont roll it to thin or the GSP can punch its way back through IME

Steve

Steve Wright2 · 10/19/2010, 08:02 AM

1 method that helped me, with GSP deep in rock crevices where it was impossible to get anything in to prize them out, was to roll a 2 or 3mm thick layer of reef putty and spread it across the crevice or hole - I overlapped the area to ensure the GSP could not come back

dont spread to thinly as GSP did manage to push through some of the early attempts I made

also couple this with the addition of a frag on frag disc at the same time for a more aesthetic solution to the problem

just dont do to much at any 1 time and try to remove as much as possible before doing this IMO

Steve

10/18/2010, 03:46 PM	#1
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10/18/2010, 04:44 PM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I'm not to sure about the hypodermic needle approach, but I've always just used my finger nails to scratch them from the rock. A wire brush would also work. You almost have to completely destroy that purple mat to make sure they won't make a comeback. Smothering them with epoxy is another option if there's not a whole lot of them.

10/19/2010, 07:03 AM	#3
HKAVR45 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 50	Is it possible to remove the rock and chisel the GSP off with a hammer & screw driver? I had the same problem and I've tried picking the purple mat off the rock, hitting them with joe's juice, and covering them with epoxy, yet they still come back. If I ever get them under control and decide to keep a small colony, they will be banished to an island in the sand.

10/19/2010, 07:36 AM	#4
Bretts05jeep Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: McHenry, IL Posts: 510	depending on were it is you could try puting a piece of live rock on it to block the lighe and starve it to death. I have a large rock of it and it is on an island to prevent it from taking over.

10/19/2010, 07:42 AM	#5
Steve Wright2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shenzhen PRC Posts: 454	for smaller areas in the crevices of rocks, once you have scrapped away the GSP from the surface I have found reef putty rolled about 2 or 3mm thick and then spread over the crevices , making sure it overlaps some, is a good way of ensuring it does not come back if you combine this process by placing a frag disc or plug over the top of the newly puttied area , then it is also aesthetically better dont to to much at any 1 time for obvious reasons and dont roll it to thin or the GSP can punch its way back through IME Steve

10/19/2010, 08:02 AM	#6
Steve Wright2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shenzhen PRC Posts: 454	1 method that helped me, with GSP deep in rock crevices where it was impossible to get anything in to prize them out, was to roll a 2 or 3mm thick layer of reef putty and spread it across the crevice or hole - I overlapped the area to ensure the GSP could not come back dont spread to thinly as GSP did manage to push through some of the early attempts I made also couple this with the addition of a frag on frag disc at the same time for a more aesthetic solution to the problem just dont do to much at any 1 time and try to remove as much as possible before doing this IMO Steve