How do I kill GSP?

rkelman · #1 09/01/2007, 08:47 PM

My GSP has started to grow in a few places I don't want it. How can I kill it? I don't use Kalk.. and my LFS doesn't even carry it. Any other Ideas? I tried boiling water and a turkey baster all that does is burn me

rossthefishman · #2 09/01/2007, 08:48 PM

i seriously would like to have some, can you ship some out if i pay for shipping?

ionredline0260 · #3 09/01/2007, 09:04 PM

use a razor to scrape it off and sell the frags or even give them away. It kills me when people kill corals, because although it's hard to believe people pay up to $30 for a frag of nice GSP ( or at least at my LFS they do)

customanimalart · #4 09/01/2007, 09:16 PM

Don't kill it. I'll take some.

mildew · #5 09/01/2007, 10:24 PM

If GSP just very easily peeled off rocks I doubt you'd ever see a thread on how to get rid of it. I don't think that the people who say send me your GSP frags understand the problem. The problem isn't just that it grows like a weed but that it is very difficult to peel off in anything but very tiny little bits. Seldom do you ever get a piece large enough to glue to anything. I've spent hours scraping rocks with my finger nails ony to have it all grow back in just a few weeks. I hate the stuff and wouldn't wish it on an enemy. Short of tearing the tank apart and getting rid of every rock with GSP on it, I don't think I'll ever be rid of it. I'm thinking of trying to get a dental tool, like the kind they use to clean your teeth to see if it will make it any easier to scrape off. As for the brilliant wavey green that people seem to like, I get the same effect with a frilly or is it hairy mushroom and they are alot easier to control.

rkelman · #6 09/02/2007, 08:14 AM

Its not easy to peel off and its very irritating.. I had 2 rocks that had alot on them and I took them out and boiled them to get rid of it. Where it has moved to and not really grown full size yet its base is very thin which means it wont peel it just falls apart. My rock is very pourous and it just comes back. I'm not killing the mother colony just where its spreading... I'm in Canada guys by the time you pay for shipping you could have bought some locally.

MeuserReef · #7 09/02/2007, 08:17 AM

I peeled off what I could and then used an old toothbrush and scrubbed the heck out of the area that still had a few pieces of the "mat" left. You probably wont get 100% of the GSP, but you can repeat once the survivors show back up.