GobyMan Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 I got some hitchhiker macro on a frag I received a couple weeks ago and I have been pulling it off at regular intervals. Does anyone have a hint/trick to get at the algae the is farther in the coral branches....check out this picture and let me know how I can clean this piece off..... Thanks... Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 the SPS should secreet (sp?) slime to repel the algae Link to comment
Toyfreek Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 you have a stressed coral there....Dunno why As Nanoreefer says it should inhibit algae growth naturally. I have had a few traded frags do the same thing i tried scraping, scrubbing and praying. The only thing that worked was to break the affected part off discard it and let the coral regrow. Sometimes I broke off too little and the algae regrew. othertimes it worked great. Good luck, Toy Link to comment
GobyMan Posted July 30, 2002 Author Share Posted July 30, 2002 Toy, Thanks for the info. How can you tell the coral is stressed? I thought that since it was extending its polyps it was ok...the algae isn't covering any of the branches, just hanging off it.. Link to comment
Toyfreek Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 a non stressed Montipora such as you have will fight off the algae as part of its defenses, there will be no algae present in a healthy Montipora. as for it not covering the branches they are probably less important than the growth point which from your pic I believe to be covered with hair algae. dont worry too much, I have never had one Die from algae but they spend all thier energy it seems fighting the algae and they dont grow. although a few of them I did throw out after I got disgusted fighting it so I guess they died:( HTH, Toy Link to comment
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