Ulva in the display

[Gareth elliott]

So i added Ulva a while back to my qt tank. About 3 months later i added the rock rubble that was curing there into my sump.

At the time my nutrients were raised from a dino battle. But not insanely raised 5ppm no3 and .06po4. About a week later began seeing ulva grow everywhere.

My first step was i actually turned on my fuge and began growing chaeto again, its growing was 2 baseball sized clumps now have to remove quite a bit a week.

Since this did not cause the ulva to slow down. I have reduced the photoperiod of the DT, scrubbed each rock and the glass, and increased flow in the aquarium.

Tank is too small for a tang, i do have a dwarf angel in qt. 40b

Have about 15 snails of various types, maybe 10 hermits, pom pom crabs and possibly a coral banded shrimp(havent seen since i added but i havent torn apart looking for it [emoji23].

I do have an offline biopellet reactor and a gfo reactor. Just hesitant to lower nutrients too fast as this is why i got dinos [emoji23]

Did add more corals, to have more mouths for the nutrients.
Any other ideas i havent thought of?

 

[CNDReef]

A urchin might be a good candidate to eat it

 

[Gareth elliott]

A urchin might be a good candidate to eat it

What type of urchin is least likely to pick up frags? I have never owned one. And i do have unsecured frags in my tank.

Acclimation similar to other inverts?
How long to drip for?

 

[Tft12]

I had Ulva growing in my 20 gallon tank. A tuxedo urchin helped a lot. I also added some lettuce nudis and those helped some, but the tuxedo urchin is what really made the difference. You may need a few but they don’t get very big and many people say they are acrylic safe (as opposed to other urchins). Mine is in an acrylic tank but I can’t say for sure that it’s acrylic safe.

 

[Tft12]

Tuxedo urchin will definitely pick stuff up. Do you have unsecured frags of coral laying around or are they glued to plugs? If they are on plugs on a rack you could easily secure them with rubber bands or zip ties are something.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Tuxedo urchin will definitely pick stuff up. Do you have unsecured frags of coral laying around or are they glued to plugs? If they are on plugs on a rack you could easily secure them with rubber bands or zip ties are something.

Never thought of that! They are on plugs in a rack. Thanks!

 

[cracker]

I like an urcin for this task. if the frags are on plugs I think they are too heavy for the urchin. it may pick up a much smaller frag or snail

 

[brandon429]

Gareth why not just take the Nano apart and kill the algae out of the system and put it back together clean this weekend, a no delay option exists

Ulva is uber susceptible to certain cheats, then your corals don't have to endure params centered around plant starving and any animals you add would be preventatives, not hopefuls removers. Most will refuse the cleaning work and move on as is, just wanted you to know Ulva is easy to beat.

Since you hadn't already owned an urchin before now I'm wondering if they're ideal for you... it's reactive vs proactive just setting a framing for different ways to win

You have a way to just will the system into compliance by tomorrow... Even if it's the baddest sps nano, we've already got nine examples of before and afters. Ulva cures have been worked in the nano reef.com disease forum we did several... they're in the peroxide thread there. Ulva is easy to kill, and you can pre model it before taking any large action. Just make a test rock comply first, it's a window into how the rest will respond before you do the work.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Gareth why not just take the Nano apart and kill the algae out of the system and put it back together clean this weekend, a no delay option exists

Ulva is uber susceptible to certain cheats, then your corals don't have to endure params centered around plant starving and any animals you add would be preventatives, not hopefuls removers. Most will refuse the cleaning work and move on as is, just wanted you to know Ulva is easy to beat.

Since you hadn't already owned an urchin before now I'm wondering if they're ideal for you... it's reactive vs proactive just setting a framing for different ways to win

You have a way to just will the system into compliance by tomorrow... Even if it's the baddest sps nano, we've already got nine examples of before and afters. Ulva cures have been worked in the nano reef.com disease forum we did several... they're in the peroxide thread there. Ulva is easy to kill, and you can pre model it before taking any large action. Just make a test rock comply first, it's a window into how the rest will respond before you do the work.

Thanks, i will test on the one rock there are no secured corals on. Was the way i dealt with bubble algae so nothing new, think i was more open to competitor models as ulva is actually eaten by many things [emoji23].

 

[brandon429]

Pls photo we need fresh before n afters even if it's not the final method we want to use em in the various peroxide threads


Just the pre and post app pics on a test rock helps us solidify prediction vs species on the receptives list, its valuable pic sequence

Ulva is terribly terribly susceptible to peroxide treatment, it's the growback test after one application I'd enjoy seeing. i wouldn't dose it to the tank, if tests agree I'd apply it during a part clean and those pics are gold as well should it go down

Perhaps another test rock gets something else, comparative test rocking is so neat and noncommittal and doesn't experiment with the tank at large.

Ulva isn't deeply rooted, a single treatment area is likely to respond with low growback if it's not being fragment seeded from cleaning or grazing elsewhere in the tank. Rasp one area of the test rock ideally before peroxide app, so that if it does growback elsewhere you'll already have an inch or two that were tested for holdfast depth.

It's been like ten months since we got a new set of test rock before n afters we dang near dried up man.

just for fun, time of death after exposure to direct 3% from a new bottle, tissues lysed within 24 hrs is my guess. maybe eight
It's too thin...it's the jellyfish of plants ha no thick skin

 

[Gareth elliott]

Pls photo we need fresh before n afters even if it's not the final method we want to use em in the various peroxide threads


Just the pre and post app pics on a test rock helps us solidify prediction vs species on the receptives list, its valuable pic sequence

Ulva is terribly terribly susceptible to peroxide treatment, it's the growback test after one application I'd enjoy seeing. i wouldn't dose it to the tank, if tests agree I'd apply it during a part clean and those pics are gold as well should it go down

Perhaps another test rock gets something else, comparative test rocking is so neat and noncommittal and doesn't experiment with the tank at large.

Ulva isn't deeply rooted, a single treatment area is likely to respond with low growback if it's not being fragment seeded from cleaning or grazing elsewhere in the tank. Rasp one area of the test rock ideally before peroxide app, so that if it does growback elsewhere you'll already have an inch or two that were tested for holdfast depth.

It's been like ten months since we got a new set of test rock before n afters we dang near dried up man.

just for fun, time of death after exposure to direct 3% from a new bottle, tissues lysed within 24 hrs is my guess. maybe eight
It's too thin...it's the jellyfish of plants ha no thick skin

Taking a bit longer to get in, work schedule not cooperating, did vacuum out the in tank scrubbing i did yesterday. When not attached this stuff quickly clogs everything [emoji23]. Wont do an in tank scrubbing again.

this i

. Some pictures for species id.

 

[Gareth elliott]

An update,

So have not added anything an urchin or done peroxide. I instead upped my water change schedule, scrubbing the rocks before each change and upping the flow during so i suck out the floating algae before it settles.

There is some left but gradually decreasing. Did add to my snails some asterinas.

Upped the timespan of iron dosing from once every 2 weeks to once a week for better chaeto growth. Which has responded positively.