What’s on my zoas?

[Ian Baxter]

What is this green stuff on my Zoa and firework frags? I assume algae. How do I get rid of it?

the zoas were open and looking good yesterday.

 

[andrewey]

Looks like algae. The algae will likely be cleaned by your cleanup crew (like the snail in the 2nd picture) and is growing so well because those are new frag plugs and algae loves to grow on vididly white objects that haven't been colonized by other organisms yet.

There are methods of manual removal or dips, but at this point, I wouldn't bother. If it's really an eyesore, I would remove the corals and glue onto mature pieces of live rock. You likely won't encounter as much algae.

 

[Ian Baxter]

Looks like algae. The algae will likely be cleaned by your cleanup crew (like the snail in the 2nd picture) and is growing so well because those are new frag plugs and algae loves to grow on vididly white objects that haven't been colonized by other organisms yet.

There are methods of manual removal or dips, but at this point, I wouldn't bother. If it's really an eyesore, I would remove the corals and glue onto mature pieces of live rock. You likely won't encounter as much algae.

Okay I think I’ll let the cleanup crew take care of it. Just wanted to make sure the zoas will open back up. Only had them about 3 weeks.