Help on removing green star polyps (1 Viewer)

[Copingsaw]

I am having trouble removing some green star polyps from my rocks. Any advice on the best way to get them off. I can't seem to peel them off at all. These guys are taking over and I need to remove some of them.

 

[GreenGoby]

Using a razor blade or xacto knife and try and get under the mat..work it loose slowly trying not to tear the mat...once you have a small section it should let go relatively easily...

 

[BayAreaAquarium]

hey copingsaw if you remove it neatly and don't want it i would love to get it. if you could keep it alive for me i could come and pick it up.

 

[Copingsaw]

Thanks for the tip. I'm about to give it a shot. I'll let you know Minh and your welcome to a mat of it.

 

[Guest]

If you have enough to share with me as well. I would like to have just a small chunk please. Thank you.

 

[Copingsaw]

Well, I can't report a lot of success. I used a sharp edge to dig under the GSP and had some success prying it up but when I grabbed it to peel it off it would just break. The GSP is just to thin. It won't peel at all.

Any more tips? Or, if there is somebody out there who has a lot of experience with removing GSP and wants to come by and give me a demonstration, your welcome to keep what you remove.

 

[lesd]

I heard second hand of one guy who used a pressure washer to get all the GSP off a piece of rock. I imagine this would kill off a lot of the life on the rock as well and probably cause a small cycle.

If you have a small rock with GSP and a pressure washer it may be worth a shot!

-- Les

 

[Niko5]

I just took the whole rock out of the tank and put it in my softie tank. I couldnt get rid of them, i would scrap with a razor blade for hours at a time...

 

[toefu]

1) place a monti cap on top of the rock, and let it completely shade out gsp, after 3-4 months, there will be no more gsp....

2) flip the rock upside down and bury the gsp.

3) sell the rock at $4.00 a lb.

I did all of the above and wiped out 90% of my gsp successfully.


For the last 10%, it was on a big base rock with nothing I could do. doh.

 

[Niko5]

My GSP's killed some of my monti cap. I also have another monti cap over some gsp and the things r still alive under it.

 

[Guest]

dang I was wanting some GSP. I guess I should rethink that.

 

[Copingsaw]

The only good news is that clearly I'm not the only person who has problems getting rid of their GSP.