How would you remove this...

[Reef.ductionist]

Im out of ideas

 

[calvo15290]

The little goby?

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Sorry..I 'm referring to that small tuft of green hair algae on the end of that piece of coral. That and the little green on the rock is the only algae left in my tank. Tried the snail relocation approach but he wont touch that piece in the end.

 

[Tahoe61]

Now that does look like Byropsis, does it look like a fern or feathery up close?

 

[mfinn]

I'd take a wood chisel ( I have several different cheap ones just for things like this) and hammer and break the rock.
You may have to sacrifice a polyp or two to get rid of the algae.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Up close they look like this

Were you kidding bout the chisel?

 

[ebushrow]

Take the whole rock out and soak in 50% peroxide and 50% tank water for 15 mins or so....everything else will be ok.....then remove what you can by hand outside of the tank....rinse off and replace into tank....try again in 2 days....or treat the whole tank with peroxide....bryopsis is horrible to deal with and will release spores when broken in the tank water

 

[mfinn]

Up close they look like this

Were you kidding bout the chisel?

Not at all.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Im leaning towards tresting the whole tank with isoprophyll as you suggest.
Thanks...
Looks like I have some reading to do...
Is there a golden ratio for isoprophyll ?

 

[kschweer]

Take the whole rock out and soak in 50% peroxide and 50% tank water for 15 mins or so....everything else will be ok.....then remove what you can by hand outside of the tank....rinse off and replace into tank....try again in 2 days....or treat the whole tank with peroxide....bryopsis is horrible to deal with and will release spores when broken in the tank water

+1 for the peroxide dip. I have a few toothbrushes for the tank that I use to scrub things like this when it arises. I would Do the soak, scrub the algae, soak a little more and then rinse in some clean water before adding back to the tank.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

How long to soak?
And will the polyps expell their zooanthelae?

 

[c_healy]

Don't use alcohol.. use 3% hydrogen peroxide. I slowly add peroxide to a bowl of tank (water with said rock in bowl) until I start to see small bubbles form on the rock. Then let it soak for about ten mins. Rinse with tank water or add directly back into tank.

A little peroxide won't hurt anything.

 

[mfinn]

Im leaning towards tresting the whole tank with isoprophyll as you suggest.
Thanks...
Looks like I have some reading to do...
Is there a golden ratio for isoprophyll ?

I would not do that.
If you want to try the peroxide, do it out side the tank.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Ok thanks I. So to recap.... Two bowls tankwater, the first bowl is half tankwater and half hrydrigen peroxide,dip piece in first bowl twn minutes and use toothbrush on algae after the bubbles appear etc etc
Then rinse etc then soak rinse in second bowl for a few minutes then back in tabk

How am I doing?

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Whatever... Thanks for the help!

 

[Troylee]

Take a screw driver at the base of the polyps and break the rock in half.. Keep the coral and toss the algae in the trash.. Pretty simple..

 

[trido]

I'd take a wood chisel ( I have several different cheap ones just for things like this) and hammer and break the rock.
You may have to sacrifice a polyp or two to get rid of the algae.

A great bit of advice here. I have a couple rusty chisels that I use frequently. Sometimes a small part of a coral must be sacrificed for the greater good of the tank.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

True guys. Well I have said chisel, and a grinder

I think i might break the end piece off... The polyps are yellow star polyps and the rock is dead coral branch that the polyps have colonized on. I would go the peroxide route if it was 99 percent effective but i think breaking the tip off is a sure bet afterall guys.
Hey, thanks again guys! Guess ill post the pic when finished

 

[Bruce AZ]

buy an algae eating fish

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Bruce-AZ:

I researched that option a few days ago... There are no known species in the aquaria trade that fit nanos and/or eat Bryopsis algae.