If Red Gorgonian gets light green algae will astrea snail clean off?

[Reef.ductionist]

If Red Gorgonian gets light green algae will astrea snail clean off?
Just wonder if anyone has experienced or ever seen Astrea snails do that?

 

[NanaReefer]

Not that I'm aware of. But you will have to manually remove it somehow.

 

[-Logzor]

Gently slide your fingers along the branches to remove the algae. I've had a larger colony for years and I feel like this happens every once in a long while. Only on my colony I'll get a dusting of brown algae of for some reason mine closes up for extended periods, which is very rare. Anyways, lightly brushing off the algae has worked for me in the past.

If a significant amount of algae is growing its possible that area of the coral could be dead.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Ok thanks for your responses. I am considering buying some but am going to wait until my tank matures more first.

 

[Mike J.]

My Scarlet Hermits have climbed around the branches of the gorgonians. Gorgonians are pretty tough and every few months I might have to pick a little algae off off them.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Oh ok, that sounds promising. I really think these corals are beautiful,
Does anybody know how long it would take some of these to outgrow a 14 gallon biocube? There are some at the local fishstore which are about 8 inches high

 

[Mike J.]

They're not really fast growers. You can always just cut a branch or two off of them and start new smaller ones.

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Oh alright thanks for the responses.