After A Rip Clean...Really?

[Alexreefer]

Wow, so a gha and ulva battle. That must be hard

 

[DHill6]

I think leaving crabs out, you're missing part of the cuc layer. Never had an issue with coral going hungry because of a crab.

Which type of crab? I had emerald before, stole food from scolys, quite a mean buggar.

 

[DHill6]

Wow, so a gha and ulva battle. That must be hard

Some snails had ulva on shells, one batch Of snails brought it in I think. Removed it from shells.

 

[Katrina71]

Which type of crab? I had emerald before, stole food from scolys, quite a mean buggar.

Blue and red leg hermits. Harmless

 

[DHill6]

Wow, so a gha and ulva battle. That must be hard

Of course the urchin isn’t cleaning along there

 

[Waynerock]

After having GH a problems for a while I dozed vibrant and now I does every two weeks less than the recommended dose for maintenance and not a spot of GHA in sight. You will get conflicting options on that of course but it works for me! Everyone that I’ve talked to that went low and slow with Vibrant has not had an issue, it might take a month to start seeing something but it does work. I think vibrant get a bad name because people do not dose it correctly. But what do I know

 

[Alexreefer]

Of course the urchin isn’t cleaning along there

Yep, everywhere except where you need him to be LOL!

 

[DHill6]

Blue and red leg hermits. Harmless

Will be alright in a BB?

 

[Alexreefer]

Blue and red leg hermits. Harmless

I agree, I have only had a problem with emeralds

 

[Katrina71]

Will be alright in a BB?

Yes

 

[Alexreefer]

Will be alright in a BB?

Yes they will be fine. They shell and legs might make little sounds on the glass

 

[DHill6]

After having GH a problems for a while I dozed vibrant and now I does every two weeks less than the recommended dose for maintenance and not a spot of GHA in sight. You will get conflicting options on that of course but it works for me! Everyone that I’ve talked to that went low and slow with Vibrant has not had an issue, it might take a month to start seeing something but it does work. I think vibrant get a bad name because people do not dose it correctly. But what do I know

How did you dose? 1/2 dose longer in between or what?

 

[DHill6]

Yes they will be fine. They shell and legs might make little sounds on the glass

Whatever the rooted looking algae is, ulva and gha they’ll go after?

 

[DHill6]

when Jon M ran his rip clean he was doing it to rid waste from leftover dinos treatments, they dont really kill off algae/that has to be modeled separately from the cleaning event. it'll never be harmful to deep clean, but that runs independent from anchored invader cures.

once you try a few options if it persists, many species of R are persistent, then the only way I know to make headway is to model working action on a small section of removable rock and then upscale it.

you can try actions that are beyond topical rasping, something deeper, like a dremel wheel lol but just to check in a small area for least invasive dive it takes to really dislodge that stuff. at least knowing its characters and strength on a small section of example rock is easy, its better than full tank guessing about what might work

35% peroxide as an external only treatment combined with a deeper rasp test would kill it, but that stuff is dangerous. requires eye protection, dont store in home where children are/dump it out after use.

Posted a pic of the rooted looking algae. This is R?

 

[Alexreefer]

Whatever the rooted looking algae is, ulva and gha they’ll go after?

I believe yes, they will find and rip it up with their claws, you could get some from your lfs but they are pretty cheap from @reefcleaners too.

 

[LegendaryCG]

You can put a couple Mollys in there to help eat some algae. Personally think they are one of the best algae eaters.

 

[Gw2kpro]

with scolys and acans?

My emeralds don't bother any of my corals, including my acans. They irritate the zoas sometimes by walking on them / cleaning between the heads. And they irritate my rock flower nems a bit by hiding under them but that's about it. Ymmv. They eradicated some stubborn grape caluerpa that had taken hold in a few spots of my rockwork.

 

[virtual reality]

You can put a couple Mollys in there to help eat some algae. Personally think they are one of the best algae eaters.

They really do tear into algae. It's crazy to watch. lol.

 

[Waynerock]

How did you dose? 1/2 dose longer in between or what?

Every two weeks give or take a day and use 6ml for about 65 gallons of water.

 

[Alexreefer]

Any growth on the algae today?