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Old 01/02/2007, 07:02 PM
MimicTang MimicTang is offline
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$9.99 ultimate coraline cleaner.

He/it's a small light green urchin. He's very systematic and boy does he like the coraline on the glass. He's polished off one side, and headed to another. I tried a pencil urchin but he doesnt go on the glass. My coraline was so bad I couldnt see into my tank from the side. After a week that is no longer a problem.
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Old 01/02/2007, 07:05 PM
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1.99 gets you a pack of 10 razor blades. :P
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Old 01/02/2007, 07:07 PM
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and how much time do you spend cleaning off the coraline? I only have to check his progress.
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Old 01/02/2007, 07:46 PM
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Scraping off coraline is a good thing why get a urchin? Dont make sense to me Im sorry
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Old 01/02/2007, 07:49 PM
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I use a mag-float everyother day and I get minimal coraline growing on my viewable areas. But I guess if you don't have 2 minutes everyother day or an hour a month to use a razor blade, the urchin will do!!
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Old 01/02/2007, 07:52 PM
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Scarping off Coraline Spreads Coraline to areas like Rocks, etc in your tank which is a good thing. No offence but if you have no time then this hobby isnt for you.
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Old 01/02/2007, 07:58 PM
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it seems as if he was just saying that an alternative method was purchasing an erchin. I don't think that it is necessairly a sign of laziness, so lets not treat it that way.
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Old 01/02/2007, 08:18 PM
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my thoughts exactly bmg!
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Old 01/02/2007, 08:24 PM
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yeah lets not get hast here.LOL
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Old 01/02/2007, 08:24 PM
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Yeah I did it as an alternative.
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Old 01/02/2007, 08:25 PM
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hasty that is.
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