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What Are These Red Hairs Growing From My GSP?


Djm4ng0

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Hi Nano-Reef community I’ve been noticing these red hairs growing off of my GSP frag. The coral hasn’t opened up in about 2 days and am wondering if it’s some kind of algae or pest that is dangerous? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the low quality.107A0C83-8098-484E-9E11-DBC29A8E058A.thumb.jpeg.2064f5d03c344c886c71516a44a905a6.jpegCCE53F37-1EE9-448F-A39C-8DF522FF7081.thumb.jpeg.d848231e0d971b5a61b03712f6aacbc1.jpegEBA0D66A-FBD1-448E-8391-C62CB5405739.thumb.jpeg.8fce407637974ce1c20c21383896c9f9.jpeg

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2 hours ago, Djm4ng0 said:

Hi Nano-Reef community I’ve been noticing these red hairs growing off of my GSP frag. The coral hasn’t opened up in about 2 days and am wondering if it’s some kind of algae or pest that is dangerous? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the low quality.107A0C83-8098-484E-9E11-DBC29A8E058A.thumb.jpeg.2064f5d03c344c886c71516a44a905a6.jpegCCE53F37-1EE9-448F-A39C-8DF522FF7081.thumb.jpeg.d848231e0d971b5a61b03712f6aacbc1.jpegEBA0D66A-FBD1-448E-8391-C62CB5405739.thumb.jpeg.8fce407637974ce1c20c21383896c9f9.jpeg

Hard to tell, but kinda looks like some macroalgae maybe? When you touch it, does it react? Does it close at night?

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1 hour ago, Melfy77 said:

Hard to tell, but kinda looks like some macroalgae maybe? When you touch it, does it react? Does it close at night?

No they’re just red hairs that are fluorescent in blue light no reaction to touch at all. I did a hydrogen peroxide dip for about 1 mins and a half and the whole coral started bubbling up. Could this be some kind of pest or bad algae?

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2 hours ago, Melfy77 said:

Hard to tell, but kinda looks like some macroalgae maybe? When you touch it, does it react? Does it close at night?

 

And no they don’t close at night. Is Macroalgae bad? Sorry I’m kinda new to reef tanks.

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It depend, when in hight amount it can harm coral by suffocating them. The first cause of removal is that people find them unsightly. It will surely take some of the nutrients in the tank and require some trimming (if your tank is a nano, it shouldn't be too much work).

 

I personally do not have a problem with it. It helps my pods population and my fishes have no problem with them.

 

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2 hours ago, M. Tournesol said:

It depend, when in hight amount it can harm coral by suffocating them. The first cause of removal is that people find them unsightly. It will surely take some of the nutrients in the tank and require some trimming (if your tank is a nano, it shouldn't be too much work).

 

I personally do not have a problem with it. It helps my pods population and my fishes have no problem with them.

 

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Ok thank you very much for the info.

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I should add that the more you wait and the more it will be difficult to remove all the algae. Indeed, with time, the algae might propagate all over your aquarium. If you want a "spotless" reef tank, you should remove them as soon as possible.

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2 hours ago, Clown79 said:

A Peroxide dip would kill macroalgae.

 

Can you get a closer clearer pic

Would killing the macroalgae be bad? Again sorry for my beginner questions.

This the the best quality pic I could get of the red hairs lol

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6 hours ago, Djm4ng0 said:

Would killing the macroalgae be bad? Again sorry for my beginner questions.

This the the best quality pic I could get of the red hairs lol

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Most macro is beneficial.

 

That kinda looks like dragons breath but not clear enough to tell

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