New Coral

[jayman19]

hello all,

I just received a coral from a friend. It’s my first one. He has a lot of great corals he just said this one he wasn’t really tending to so he let me have it. I am wondering how to introduce into my tank. It has a lot of algae on it and idk if I have time when I get off work to go get hydrogen peroxide to dip it. It’ll be 11pm when I’m off. Any suggestions?

 

[SilvermistInc]

Just put the coral in

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

hello all,

I just received a coral from a friend. It’s my first one. He has a lot of great corals he just said this one he wasn’t really tending to so he let me have it. I am wondering how to introduce into my tank. It has a lot of algae on it and idk if I have time when I get off work to go get hydrogen peroxide to dip it. It’ll be 11pm when I’m off. Any suggestions?

Sounds like a great friend, lol.
If the plug is where most of the algae is, you can remove the frag and glue it to a small piece of rock instead. You didn't say what type of coral, but you'll probably want to use a coral dip to remove any pests before putting it in your tank (this can be in addition to hydrogen peroxide if you chose to use that too).
Corals don't need the same type of acclimation as fish and inverts, so once you are satisfied that there's nothing unwanted on the frag, as mentioned above, you can put it right in your tank. Again not knowing the kind of coral, the best rule of thumb is to start the frag out lower in the tank/lower light (but not directly on the sand) with medium to low flow at first.
Post a pic and updates!

 

[jayman19]

Sounds like a great friend, lol.
If the plug is where most of the algae is, you can remove the frag and glue it to a small piece of rock instead. You didn't say what type of coral, but you'll probably want to use a coral dip to remove any pests before putting it in your tank (this can be in addition to hydrogen peroxide if you chose to use that too).
Corals don't need the same type of acclimation as fish and inverts, so once you are satisfied that there's nothing unwanted on the frag, as mentioned above, you can put it right in your tank. Again not knowing the kind of coral, the best rule of thumb is to start the frag out lower in the tank/lower light (but not directly on the sand) with medium to low flow at first.
Post a pic and updates!

Yeah he’s really cool! It’s a rainbow cynarina coral. It’s not looking too great rn so that’s probably why he let me have it haha. But the algae growth is definitely on the coral itself. I’ll probably just try to remove the algae manually with a qtip

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yeah he’s really cool! It’s a rainbow cynarina coral. It’s not looking too great rn so that’s probably why he let me have it haha. But the algae growth is definitely on the coral itself. I’ll probably just try to remove the algae manually with a qtip

That's tricky... Depending on the extent/amount of algae, it can be easy to damage the coral flesh trying to remove it. Also, algae doesn't grow on living coral, just the dead skeleton (for the most part), so this piece could already be on a bad path regardless what you do...
Post a picture when you can.

 

[jayman19]

That's tricky... Depending on the extent/amount of algae, it can be easy to damage the coral flesh trying to remove it. Also, algae doesn't grow on living coral, just the dead skeleton (for the most part), so this piece could already be on a bad path regardless what you do...
Post a picture when you can.

This is it right now in the bag he gave me. It looks like it’s still alive?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Really hard to tell, but it looks like it's on a frag plug. If it is, carefully remove it from the disk and you can try to GENTLY brush or tweeze some of the hair algae off the coral itself. I wouldn't pick at it too much though because, as I mentioned, it is really easy to damage the coral.
If you use peroxide, please read up on the dose and how long to dip.
Good luck... trying to rescue a coral on your first attempt is a 50/50 situation.

 

[jayman19]

Really hard to tell, but it looks like it's on a frag plug. If it is, carefully remove it from the disk and you can try to GENTLY brush or tweeze some of the hair algae off the coral itself. I wouldn't pick at it too much though because, as I mentioned, it is really easy to damage the coral.
If you use peroxide, please read up on the dose and how long to dip.
Good luck... trying to rescue a coral on your first attempt is a 50/50 situation.

Yeah I’m gonna do my best! It’s a learning opportunity for me honestly. I think I’m gonna just try to remove algae from the sides of the plug manually and drop him in. I don’t want to touch the coral too much since it’s already stressed. I don’t think I can get my hands on peroxide this late at night also