Zoa surrounded by hair algae

[MikeyAl]

Need some advice please. I have a zoa frag that is covered with hair algae. I've tried to pluck it off but it keeps growing and now is taking over the frag.
Strange that it is the only place in my tank with hair algae.
At any rate, I can take the plug out. Any suggestions on what I can dip it in to get rid of the algae and not hurt the zoa?

 

[brandon429]

peroxide, no better technique for your need.

take our frag put on 3% right on the algae, if some gets on zos nbd.

leave in air 3 mins cooking douse again

rinse off, put in tank, take us before and after pics so we can link em

4 day fix...gone in 4 days. zoas are peroxide tolerant.

 

[zreuther]

Im experencing this prob also. Does it need to be aquarium specific peroxide? Or will regular brown bottle stuff work?

 

[MikeyAl]

peroxide, no better technique for your need.

take our frag put on 3% right on the algae, if some gets on zos nbd.

leave in air 3 mins cooking douse again

rinse off, put in tank, take us before and after pics so we can link em

4 day fix...gone in 4 days. zoas are peroxide tolerant.

Perfect. I will take before and after. Thanks a bunch.

 

[brandon429]

brown bottle for sure

sorry the read is so long but sheck this out:
http://reef2reef.com/threads/reef2reef-pest-algae-challenge-thread-hydrogen-peroxide.187042/

zoanthid mentions are on page one, under the list of tolerants. the only time ive seen them stress or die after peroxide is when they were thin, straggly, not connected and already in decline. squat zos can't even be killed with 35% pharma grade peroxide which would inflict 3rd degree chemical burns if contacting human skin long enough.

tough they are

yes brown bottle is fine, the med stuff from a cheap pharmacy

once a peroxide frag doser mentioned his color changed a bit, that wasn't a recurring them but recall the mention his were high end zos. have to choose between that and the algae possibly~

I rate zos by and large as fully tolerant in every way outliers are rare rare.

 

[MikeyAl]

Okay. Just did first round. Here is a before pic

 

[NanoDJS]

Nice zoas!

 

[MikeyAl]

Algae gone. Unfortunately, I think my zoas are too b

 

[MikeyAl]

Hard to tell by pics.

 

[NanoDJS]

they look like they're still there just closed up have faith

 

[MikeyAl]

Yeah. Crappy pics. iPhone

 

[Hunter S Thompson]

Did your Zoas open back up?

 

[MikeyAl]

Nope. Not yet.

 

[MikeyAl]

All. My zoas never opened back up. They are gone. It seems the hydrogen peroxide was too much for them. Expensive little zoas. Oh well. C'est la vie in this hobby.

 

[MikeyAl]

P.s. Not blaming anyone but myself. I think I doused the zoas too much- I should have poured the peroxide around the edges and not on the top. Lesson learned the hard way.

 

[Dragonreef202]

I have cleaned my frags with hair algae with tweezers or scissors. You never know how a coral will react to a chemical

 

[nervousmonkey]

That's strange, I've soaked zoas in H2O2 and haven't had them die, ever... Sorry it happened to yours Mikey...

 

[MikeyAl]

That's strange, I've soaked zoas in H2O2 and haven't had them die, ever... Sorry it happened to yours Mikey...

Luck of the draw. No biggie. They were sweet, but I've got another frag.

 

[sde1500]

I dip a toothbrush in the peroxide and scrub around the coral. I know zoas are tolerant but I lost a nice little colony from dipping them too. Now, dip a toothbrush and scrub around them, works great.

 

[MikeyAl]

I dip a toothbrush in the peroxide and scrub around the coral. I know zoas are tolerant but I lost a nice little colony from dipping them too. Now, dip a toothbrush and scrub around them, works great.

Next time for sure. Thanks.