Keep trimming this but it keeps coming back steonger

[loweryphil]

What is it???? Im running fluconazole and it seemed to grow even better!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

What is it???? Im running fluconazole and it seemed to grow even better!!

Could it possibly some sort of sponge? are you able to pull it off? is it hard or soft?

 

[loweryphil]

Soft, well, exactly like pulling hard grass, pulls out but comes back fast.

 

[madweazl]

Some type of macro algae; good luck.

 

[loweryphil]

Lol what does this mean?

 

[madweazl]

Lol what does this mean?

I'm not sure how you're going to get rid of it short of removing the rock which you likely wont want to do because of the palys/zoas. My guess is racemosa.

 

[Finhead]

Looks like it could be Cladophoropsis, about 2/3rd of the way down on this page. https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

 

[Finhead]

I'm not sure how you're going to get rid of it short of removing the rock which you likely wont want to do because of the palys/zoas. My guess is racemosa.

How do you figure that? Racemosa looks like it has bulbs attached to it's branches.

 

[madweazl]

How do you figure that? Racemosa looks like it has bulbs attached to it's branches.

Not when it first starts out; it shoots out the thin "branches" and then bubbles up. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

[loweryphil]

Ugh. You know what. I think thats it. I just pruned it right back. The best i could. Its difficult though as its amongst my zoas. What can get rid of it?

 

[thunderdood]

Possibly Scarlet Hermits?
Scarlet Hermits keep my tank GHA and Bryopsis free. I haven't ran into that type of algae issue yet.

 

[loweryphil]

They the red legged ones? Im getting some mexican turbo snails ordered tomorrow.

 

[madweazl]

Possibly Scarlet Hermits?
Scarlet Hermits keep my tank GHA and Bryopsis free. I haven't ran into that type of algae issue yet.

They the red legged ones? Im getting some mexican turbo snails ordered tomorrow.

Neither of these are likely to help.

 

[jd371]

I have sort of the same thing sprouting out of my Bam bam's, the only difference is the color is a lot darker almost black. The Flucanozole does help somewhat, it works on the parts that are in direct lighting but not so much on the parts in between the zoas that are in the shade, as soon as the Fluconazole wears off it starts to grow again.

 

[snappa1953]

If you can take the rock out of the tank I have a solution for you.

Get food grade Hydrogen peroxide (3%) from supermarket and a cheap spray bottle.

Get 2 buckets of aquarium water - enough to cover the rock in each. Place the rock in one bucket. Physically remove as much algae as you can while keeping the corals wet by dunking them in the water as needed.

Spray the rock and corals with the HP until dripping and wait 20 seconds before rinsing the HP off in the second bucket. You will see bubbles and invertebrates like bristleworms coming off the rock. Wait for the bubbles to stop then return rock to the tank.

Any remaining algae will die off over the next week or so and the corals will be unaffected.

I've done this many times. Zoas are very HP tolerant too!

After that make sure you have your NO3 and PO4 under control so corals have the upper hand. If you don't you will probably be re-treating the rock in a few months time.

 

[madweazl]

Hopefully that is a solution for you.