Can someone help me please?

[Truehollywood1]

Can someone tell me how to get rid of this green algae from this coral. It seems to taking over this one coral. I also gave a good CUC but their not touching this coral.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Can someone tell me how to get rid of this green algae from this coral. It seems to taking over this one coral. I also gave a good CUC but their not touching this coral.

looks like green hair algae to me

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[Truehollywood1]

Thank you!

 

[Jekyl]

Suck out what you can remove by hand or with a toothbrush during water changes.

 

[Alex Cataldo]

Try dipping the rock in some hydrogen peroxide diluted. If you can’t do that, try starving out the algae for nutrients by setting up a refugium or cleaning out the sand

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I would put some saltwater into a bucket, then grab that rock, put it in the bucket, and toothbrush the heck out of that rock, no mercy.

 

[Truehollywood1]

Suck out what you can remove by hand or with a toothbrush during water changes.

Okay, thanks

 

[Truehollywood1]

I would put some saltwater into a bucket, then grab that rock, put it in the bucket, and toothbrush the heck out of that rock, no mercy.

Okay, thank you lol

 

[Truehollywood1]

Try dipping the rock in some hydrogen peroxide diluted. If you can’t do that, try starving out the algae for nutrients by setting up a refugium or cleaning out the sand

Will this harm the coral?

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Will this harm the coral?

not worth the headache that could come, or Xenia death. I would just toothbrush and manual removal with your hand. its really not to hard to remove usually

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Will this harm the coral?

yes hydrogen peroxide will harm the coral ... but sometimes its worth the loss to get to the other side of the problem... Recently I had a nice rock but some nuisance algae and just got frustrated and tossed into trash as I couldn't get into all its gorgeous nooks & crannies... While that may sound extreme, it brought me tremendous calm

 

[Philly Reefer]

I would take out that rock and burn it... JK.

But do you really want a xenia in your tank?

And that GHA. I would take it out, scrub it all out, dip it on hydrogen peroxide for few hours. Rinse it with new saltwater before putting it back in the tank

 

[Fish Think Pink]

I would take out that rock and burn it... JK.

But do you really want a xenia in your tank?

And that GHA. I would take it out, scrub it all out, dip it on hydrogen peroxide for few hours. Rinse it with new saltwater before putting it back in the tank

New people love Xenia... my BF is so excited its taking over corner of tank... Me, not so much and hoping it stays on its original 'island' rock and doesn't find way to jump off to other rocks/locations...

 

[Philly Reefer]

New people love Xenia... my BF is so excited its taking over corner of tank... Me, not so much and hoping it stays on its original 'island' rock and doesn't find way to jump off to other rocks/locations...

It will jump... Just wait for it, all the sudden, you'll see them pop up on places you don't want them to be

 

[Just John]

Does the xenia have enough of a stem/trunk that you could cut it off? It can be reattached to the rock after cleaning or put on another rock. It's not difficult. Put the cutting into a shot glass or small container (inside the tank) with sand and/or rubble in it. Put something over the top to keep it inside, but allow circulation. After a couple of days the cut area will stick to some of it and then you glue it to a rock. I just did a cutting yesterday. I don't bother with rubble. I just let it stick to sand and glue the sandy area of the cutting to a rock.