skinz78
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I remember somewhere there was a conversation on here about killing pest algae on frag plugs with hydrogen peroxide and I can't remember the specific's of it. Has anyone tried this and if so how do you do it?
Killing pest algae on frag plugs?
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dedubya
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I just beat a huge bryopsis battle in my frag tank it was all over my racks,and plugs, even overgrowing my zoas. I dipped everything in 100% peroxide for 30 seconds, put back in tank. it may take 2-3 treatments but it WILL kill it for good. I had 0 fatalaties, and 100% algae free now for a month, with no signs of it coming back. I would fully submerse the coral if it was growing all over, but only the plug if a full dip is not needed. Once you try peroxide you will never look back.
Did you also dip sps? In my experience it can kill sps even when diluted some...
dedubya
Active Member
Yes but on my sps the bryopsis would only be able to grow on the plug around the base so I only dipped the base but not even the base died. I used the same process for everything from zoas,favia, and sps. On a sidenote I had to dip 2 chalice frags they did not die however the changed color for about 2 months but now are healthy as can be.
PolandSpring
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looks nasty. If it were me. i would spend a day cleaning the entire tank. Doing a water change, syphoning it all out. Then buy 100 snails and hermits from live aquaria or any place doesn't matter. Put the crabs in the tank the next day. Keep using a powerhead on it and all your rocks. It should be gone after a month.
Whenever my tank breaks out with algae, either bubble algae, hair algae, etc. I clean the entire tank, then rebuy a CUC and after a month its spotless. I had a crazy bubble algae outbreak about 1.5 months ago. I got 6 Emerald crabs in my 90gallon and 1 month later, I only see about 5 pieces of bubble algae, which I jsut gotta take out on my own.
Lesson is - buy a CUC
Whenever my tank breaks out with algae, either bubble algae, hair algae, etc. I clean the entire tank, then rebuy a CUC and after a month its spotless. I had a crazy bubble algae outbreak about 1.5 months ago. I got 6 Emerald crabs in my 90gallon and 1 month later, I only see about 5 pieces of bubble algae, which I jsut gotta take out on my own.
Lesson is - buy a CUC
mfinn
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When I would get any kind of algae on frags that I couldn't pull or brush off, I would do a dip in hydrogen peroxide. I'd use approx. 30 percent HP to 70 percent tank water for about 30-40 seconds. Rinse the frags off in a separate bowl of tank water, then hold the frag (s) in from of a powerhead in the tank for a few seconds to make sure all the hp was off the coral.
Sometimes it would take a second dip with stubbon algaes like bryopsis and red turf algae.
Aquaph8
Love The Fish
I agree.
