Is this hair algae?

[Jake_the_reefer]

So there is something stringy on my smurfette zoas plug it's long and stringy I'm wondering if its hair algae

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Some type of algae. Easiest to tell is take it out of the tank, take a syringe and squirt some hydrogen peroxide on the algae/plug. If it bubbles/sizzles then its likely hair algae and it just died.

You can get some on the zoa with no issue. Might take a little extra till it opens back up.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Some type of algae. Easiest to tell is take it out of the tank, take a syringe and squirt some hydrogen peroxide on the algae/plug. If it bubbles/sizzles then its likely hair algae and it just died.

You can get some on the zoa with no issue. Might take a little extra till it opens back up.

John reaction to peroxide

 

[Poriferabob]

Peroxide does great stuff for POed zoas. Just don't over do it Ive learned.

 

[Poriferabob]

Peroxide does great stuff for POed zoas. Just don't over do it Ive learned.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

John reaction to peroxide

Just realized my typo here. I meant no reaction to peroxide

 

[Subsea]

Just realized my typo here. I meant no reaction to peroxide

Describe how you treated with peroxide?

Peroxide is indiscriminate as a strong oxidizer. I haven’t found it to have no effect on algae. I use it as a coral dip: 10% solution for 10 minutes. For sensative coral, reduce duration.

 

[ahiggins]

I’ve never peroxided red brush algae but it does resemble it from the pic. Is it a deep dark red color under white lights?

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Describe how you treated with peroxide?

Peroxide is indiscriminate as a strong oxidizer. I haven’t found it to have no effect on algae. I use it as a coral dip: 10% solution for 10 minutes. For sensative coral, reduce duration.

From my understanding to test if it is hair algae you use peroxide. If it bubbles then it is likely algae. The peroxide had no reaction on what I thought was algae which means it is not. I made sure not to get any on the zoas and did rinsing in clean salt water to get all residue off