Purple Growth on Candy Cane Coral
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
Some sort of clove polyps. These can take over a tank quickly...Can anyone help me identify the purple feather shaped growth on the sides of my candy cane coral?
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
No. Flucanozole disrupts the cell walls of certain algaes.
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I think you're thinking of Fenbendazole:
The only solutions I've heard for blue clove polyps aren't reef safe (they might kill off other things in the tank), but the most common treatment I've heard is Fenbendazole. Someone else used Lugol's Iodine, but they also lost some corals from that. Some people say kalk paste or super glue may work, but I haven't seen many people reporting success with it. The links below may help:
Invasive purple clove polyps
Does anyone know how to kill off invasive clove polyps? They’re starting to spread and envelop my acans and I don’t want them swallowing my garden.www.reef2reef.com
Eliminating Blue Clove Polyps with Fenbendazole
A few years ago, I purchased a rock that had some beautiful Space Monster zoas on it. It also had some Blue Clove Polyp on it as well. I saw the BCP, I knew it was there, I really didn't worry about it at all because I had no idea what it could become. Fast forward....its now everywhere. Its...
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Minifoot77
Jack of all trades and a master of none
Yes sorry my science is closer to hillbilly...
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