GHA P'D off Zoas

[Mr.Rocc]

Anyone every have this issue where the zoas get ticked off because of the GHA and dont open all the way?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Anyone every have this issue where the zoas get ****** off because of the GHA and dont open all the way?

Not if my tooth brush has any say in the matter!

 

[Mr.Rocc]

I did that but they are like half way opened idk

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I did that but they are like half way opened idk

How long they been po ed

 

[Pmj]

If you can take it out, put it with 50/50 tank water and peroxide for a few minutes and the gha will be dead in a few days.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Like 4 days

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Like 4 days

Pffft.
Ya need more bugs to eat the algae. Ja get a spike that made the alge grow?

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Yea pops over fed the tank. But what bugs are ya thinking? Im grabbing some mexican turbos after work what else? I have a 40g

 

[reeferfoxx]

Yea pops over fed the tank. But what bugs are ya thinking? Im grabbing some mexican turbos after work what else? I have a 40g

Turbos wont touch it unless you trim it to buzz cut length. Hermits like GHA but also like snails too. Fluconazole + nutrient control?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Turbos wont touch it unless you trim it to buzz cut length. Hermits like GHA but also like snails too. Fluconazole + nutrient control?

yea, that. scrub it and let the snails keep it down. A lot of folks like hermits for GHA.
Maybe some trochus
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.258695/

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Yea im starting Fluc today and nutrient control. It was scrubbed down Sunday.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

I'm going to grab a few turbos and more hermits.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Yea im starting Fluc today and nutrient control. It was scrubbed down Sunday.

One thing I did Im not sure a lot of folks did with the Flucon, I put it in a jar and shook it until it was completely dissolved. My bryopsis was gone in seven days. quite a bit faster than most people reported.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

That was going to be my plan. O Btw i guess off task, did you increase the GFO in your reactor?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I dont run gfo.

 

[Pmj]

Imo Cuc do not eat gha at all.

 

[Brian W]

One thing I did Im not sure a lot of folks did with the Flucon, I put it in a jar and shook it until it was completely dissolved. My bryopsis was gone in seven days. quite a bit faster than most people reported.

+1 on Fluconazole. I tried it on my tank and this stufff is magic!!!!

killed what bryopsis I had and no trace of algae anywhere. I had small algae on my frag plugs....not anymore they are as white as the day I stuck them in the tank.

This is the best thing since Kent Tech M and that other liquid stuff that doesnt work except keep your glass clean(forgot the name)

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Imo Cuc do not eat gha at all.

eh, a lot of folks reprt that when a species(snail crab fish) are removed they then have a bloom of another organism. But in general a lot of snails wont mow down a forest. I do know a zoa propigator that had a tank full of hermits he dumps(yes dumps) his frags in to be cleaned up, and it does work.

Most wont believe a scrub and addition of snails fixed this tank.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

+1 on Fluconazole. I tried it on my tank and this stufff is magic!!!!

killed what bryopsis I had and no trace of algae anywhere. I had small algae on my frag plugs....not anymore they are as white as the day I stuck them in the tank.

This is the best thing since Kent Tech M and that other liquid stuff that doesnt work except keep your glass clean(forgot the name)

so it killed the GHA as well?

 

[Brian W]

so it killed the GHA as well?

yes. IT was a small amount. I started noticing a few plugs growing bryopsis and I was really only paying attention to those plugs and 1 day I noticed all algae was gone.... including the gha.

also had 1 plug with red cyano and it is now gone. I blasted my tank with heavy flow to bring all the algae to my overflow so its out of the tank.