New coral algae

[robreefer91]

I just received new coral and they had some algae on it. Now my rock and coral are covered in it. I also increased my lighting a bit. Idk what to do my phosphate is 1 my cal is 420 my nitrates are 10 idk about mag I’m waiting on that test.

 

[pandaparties]

Tank age, tank size, and stocking?

 

[robreefer91]

20 high 5 months and two clowns. Gsp bsp 6 zoa frags mushroom and Duncan rock flower as well. 4 zoa and Duncan just came and that what came with the algae and since seen the outbreak. Ai prime is the light at about 50 percent no white reg or green lights on. Whale 120 filter have the fluval 407 on the way with the mag test. Also using tap water and Dechlorinator but I have an rodi system I just got today. Salt is at 1.026

 

[pandaparties]

20 high 5 months and two clowns. Gsp bsp 6 zoa frags mushroom and Duncan rock flower as well. 4 zoa and Duncan just came and that what came with the algae and since seen the outbreak. Ai prime is the light at about 50 percent no white reg or green lights on. Whale 120 filter have the fluval 407 on the way with the mag test. Also using tap water and Dechlorinator but I have an rodi system I just got today. Salt is at 1.026

Any cleanup crew? This is just standard uglies, young tank still stabilizing. Hard to tell under blues but looks like turf algae, your reading could be off due to the algae consuming them. Try scrubbing it off with a toothbrush and then do a large WC after. Tap water ain't helping either

 

[robreefer91]

Any cleanup crew? This is just standard uglies, young tank still stabilizing. Hard to tell under blues but looks like turf algae, your reading could be off due to the algae consuming them. Try scrubbing it off with a toothbrush and then do a large WC after. Tap water ain't helping either

Okay I’m ganna get a soft toothbrush and gently scrub the coral. I just want it all healthy. I will do a wc in a few days I just did one here’s a pic with white on and I have three hermits and an emeral

 

[pandaparties]

Okay I’m ganna get a soft toothbrush and gently scrub the coral. I just want it all healthy. I will do a wc in a few days I just did one here’s a pic with white on and I have three hermits and an emeral

Don't scrub the coral themselves! Scrub around them, and try blasting off the ones that have algae on the polyps with a baster. Worst case remove them and do a dip that'll kill the algae but not coral

 

[robreefer91]

Don't scrub the coral themselves! Scrub around them, and try blasting off the ones that have algae on the polyps with a baster. Worst case remove them and do a dip that'll kill the algae but not coral

Could I potentially put the rock in a bucket and do the same dip? I have herd of hydrogen peroxide dip

 

[pandaparties]

Could I potentially put the rock in a bucket and do the same dip? I have herd of hydrogen peroxide dip

Yeah for sure, I'm not as familiar with how h2o2 affects certain corals and bacteria so double check but if you can easily remove the rock then cleaning it outside the tank is certainly the best option

 

[robreefer91]

Yeah for sure, I'm not as familiar with how h2o2 affects certain corals and bacteria so double check but if you can easily remove the rock then cleaning it outside the tank is certainly the best option

Yea it’s not that big and I feel like I could make like half a five gallon bucket dip for them all.