Did i do a stupid thing?

[roadrunner]

Friday night i did a water change for my tank and i had some brown algea or diatoms on my LR and my coral GSP so i took a soft brush and brushed it off (i brushed it off of the coral too) now the coral seems to take much longer to opend and its spottie?
Did i do a stupid thing and will the coral be ok?
Thanks

 

[dea_mt]

no it should be alright. you may be lacking flow. what size tank and what kind of powerhead's or pumps do you have hooked up?

 

[roadrunner]

i have a 26 gal tank that has a canister filter that it bridged into 2 returns (rated at 264 gph) and then i have 2 mini jets rated at 100 gph each and then i have a aqua c remora skimmer. i would think that this is more then enough flow?

 

[wax32]

Next time blow it off with a turkey baster don't brush it. Corals don't like to be touched if you don't have to.

 

[roadrunner]

they were doing great in the tank b4 i brushed them...

 

[roadrunner]

i wanted to use a turkey baster but we dont have one so i used a soft brush...how long will it take until there full bloum and happy again?

 

[ags]

What kind of soft brush? Hopefully one that is aquarium safe or has no use other than for your aquarium.

 

[wax32]

Only time will tell. Hopefully it wasn't the toilet bowl brush.

 

[roadrunner]

it wasn't a toilet bowl brush...haha...what type of brush is ok for an aquarium? Is a small brush that sorta resembles the type of brush that hair dressers use to brush off all of the extra hair...??????????????????????? its a pretty soft brush????????????????

 

[wax32]

No brush is ok. TURKEY BASTER!

 

[roadrunner]

i realize that no brush is ok...mistake on my part...will the coral be ok?

 

[hagfish]

GSP can only be killed with nuclear weapons. Well, that may be an exageration. It will live, just give it time.
Get a turkey baster, it's better for that. If you end up with something the turkey baster can't take off then you might use a brush, I've done it and it didn't hurt anything.

 

[ags]

A lot of brushes and scrub pads are treated with chemicals that WILL wipe out your tank. If they are not designed for an aquarium I would be cautious about using them.