Blasto help please

Mstanker · Oct 11, 2014

I have a little frag of a red blasto and brown hair algae is growing in it. I have tryed pulling some of it off but idk if that just made things worse?? I have phosguard and trying to get my CUC to pick it out. Anyone have any other ideas to save this coral?

FL_Reefer · Oct 11, 2014

Try a hydrogen peroxide dip. It works great on algae

NanaReefer · Oct 12, 2014

I'd removed it from the plug, put on newer clean plug and throw algae infested plug far far away!!

Mstanker · Oct 12, 2014

but its growing between the heads of the blasto.

icereefer · Oct 12, 2014

get more water moving over them,

cheezybuda · Oct 12, 2014

I don't know how well blasts deal with peroxide, so I would recommend "painting" directly on the algae, let it react for a couple minutes, rinse in fresh saltwater, and return it

Mstanker · Oct 12, 2014

There is plenty of water movement. Sometime I think it's to much. Mp10 in a 40g with a small mini ph on the back

NanaReefer · Oct 13, 2014

I've got an MP10, WP10 and my 568gph return on my 40B. Definitely NOT to much flow

Mstanker · Oct 13, 2014

dangs thats alot. but do you have alot of stony or corals in the way to slow down the flow. My corals are all frags.

NanaReefer · Oct 14, 2014

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lirrgirl · Oct 16, 2014

I have a blasto that floated right off his skeleton? now he is sitting on the sand attached to nothing? will he survive?

Dixie_reefer · Oct 20, 2014

I doubt it. Sounds like polyp bail out to me. I've never heard of blastos doing it though so i could be wrong.

stacy_vennes · Oct 20, 2014

I have the same problem with fire n ice zoas and i tried the peroxide dip and it dang near melted them.

Mstanker · Oct 20, 2014

Ya my blasto is in a poor shape right now. but everything else is going great. With keeping there color. I going to try to place it in a shady place and see from there.

gidenski · Oct 20, 2014

I've had the issue with algae on my Zoas as well. I dipped them which made the Zoas more angry and the aglae came back. I've had much better luck lowering my feeding, using a spot feeder to blast the algae off and having waiting small siphon hose to clear it out. It's a pain, but after a week the zoas started improving and the algae is starting to die.