Algae?

[SolarEclipse]

Can anyone tell me what this is? Why is it only growing on this poor frogspawn. I have had it in full flow water and that’s the only thing that slows it down from taking completely over. How can I kill it off?

 

[Marco S]

What kind of Clean Up Crew do you have? I put 4 smaller Turbo Snails and one Conch in my 20 gallon coral QT and the Turbo Snails are amazing at eating the algae right up to the polyps of any coral without actually harming them, (and the coral don't really seem to mind). The conch is amazing at keeping the sand clean but doesn't even bother touching anything else. I would assume that most snails would do the same, but can only speak for the Turbo's from experience.

You will probably get many more suggestions, so good luck and I hope you find a resolution before the Hammer gets completely overrun.

 

[SolarEclipse]

Thank you for your reply. I have a turbo snail and 4 other smaller snails in the tank. I also have a emerald and arrow crab and probably 13-15 hermits in there. I don’t know where this stuff even came from, nothing has tried to get rid of it.

 

[brandon429]

You should lift it out and do surgery on it then I’ll link it to a giant thread on reef tank surgery

Like a bad tooth

Doc works on the tooth, not just surrounding mouth, doc literally targets the tooth -while- managing the other healthy parts of our mouth with dedicated cleaning during a dental visit. That mode of thinking can save your whole tank from being lost, because it’s an attitude not a wait for ID or some tank measure to allow a hesitated attempt.

When you lift it out and do surgery and put it back cleared of very risky red brush algae that I have twenty threads of it wrecking tanks, you change the course of your next invader by foregoing identification for direct decisive action. This particular one is easy to beat, next one might not if allowed to mass.

Hesitation is the real risk. Not an organism

Surgery=
That coral can stay in air for 30 minutes and not die, so be deliberate while working. It’s a 5 minute job, he’ll be ok.

take it out and use a knife to debride it all off the skeleton being directed, scraping, scratching and rinse in saltwater

Work it clear via knife and sw rinse = what happens exactly to plaque during dentist visit

When it is clear due to your immediate disallowance then apply peroxide to the cleaned portions outside the tank as you work the frag. Let it sit, rinse off, put back a clean tooth

Regarding the rest of the tank supporting that growth, you may need additional work but for the matter of that tooth, can be fixed in 15 minutes. Take pics!

If you try and work the frag in tank, or kill it off and let it die internally, you get fragmented target spread all over. It’s a tank wrecker. Params don’t cause this, it hitchhikes in strictly, and it’s genus or species doesn’t factor in action. The second you sensed action needed it was accurate.