Reef Beef reef toothbrush!! Thank you!

[gmdcdvm]

I was listening to the recent reef beef podcast. Rich brought up that a fellow beefer had recommended the rubber maid battery operated scrubber. I am a sucker for gadgets and who knows how many products I have bought that did not work out. I have been battling hair algae and recently saw bryopsis in my tank. My plan was to manually remove as much as possible and then try fluconazole.
Needless to say manual removal using a scrub brush is a pain in the butt. When I saw Rich mention this thing I was on the fence, but it was cheap enough. So I said why not. Started using it today. All I can say is this thing rips through algae way better than any brush I have ever used. We’ll see how it holds up over time but I can’t recommend this enough. Thank you Rich and Reed Beef. Maybe you can get rubber maid to sponsor the show. They should rebrand this as the reef toothbrush.

I know there are some pitfalls including spreading algae around. But between manual removal in my filter socks and my plan for fluconazole we’ll see what happens. Check out the video to show how well it scrubs

Its loud but manageable.


Gerry.

Amazon.com

 

[JVU]

Yeah I bought it after their recommendation too. I like holding a siphon hose in the same hand with opening near the tip. Siphoning down to doubled up mesh filter socks in the sump. Catches most of the stuff coming off.

 

[Chrism1330]

Was that amazon link a mistake? lol

 

[gmdcdvm]

Was that amazon link a mistake? lol

Hahahahaha. Yes.

Corrected the link.

 

[Alexander1312]

Hahahahaha. Yes.

Corrected the link.

Looks like it's a popular card game, though.

I am bit worried about brushing off the algae this way, without doing what John suggested, but hopefully it works for you.

 

[Chrism1330]

Looks like it's a popular card game, though.

I am bit worried about brushing off the algae this way, without doing what John suggested, but hopefully it works for you.

What makes you feel worried in doing it this way? Looks like its getting the job done im sold

 

[Alexander1312]

What makes you feel worried in doing it this way? Looks like its getting the job done im sold

Spreading the algae around in the tank. I am not sold, only in combination with a filter or siphoning this out in parallel.

 

[jaysway]

go for the fluconazole, it's saved me twice

 

[JVU]

I got the item Gerry linked to, with one round toothbrush-like head, and one pointy rubber head. They both work well. The brush one works better for the most part, the rubber one is better for detail work like between coral or in crevices, just because it’s pointy.

 

[Chrism1330]

I was thinking this is great for the edges of the glass, im ordering one thanks for sharing!

 

[gmdcdvm]

I was thinking this is great for the edges of the glass, im ordering one thanks for sharing!

Not sure how it will work with glass. It’s rubber so I don’t think it will scratch. But if you get some bits of sand, crystalline algae, or debris in the bristles who knows. Be careful.