Moving the tank

[Trippy]

Hey there ...I recently bought a new 33 gallon aquarium...the old one is incrusted with coraline algae...is there a way to move it to my new tank...i know scraping it...but how to you collect it...?

 

[reefann]

I think I read on GARF that they would take a razor with airline tubing start a syphon then scrap off a bunch of coraline and put it in another tank and let it seed.
One question why the move to a new tank of the same size?
JJ
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[reefann]

sorry double post
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[Len]

One thing people have done is to somehow attach a razor to the end of vinyl tubing, and as they're scraping the coralline off they're siphoning away the fragments into a collection bucket with a net/strainer to catch the coralline.

I really don't know if I'd even bother doing this though. With the right water parameters, coralline is going to regrow in the new tank on its own in a matter of a few short months.

 

[Trippy]

Thanks....and by the way...its not the same size tank..moving from a 17 gallon to a 33 gallon.
Think i will just wait it out for it to regrow...but thanks for the advise...