Blasto help please

[Mstanker]

I have a little frag of a red blasto and brown hair algae is growing in it. I have tryed pulling some of it off but idk if that just made things worse?? I have phosguard and trying to get my CUC to pick it out. Anyone have any other ideas to save this coral?

 

[FL_Reefer]

Try a hydrogen peroxide dip. It works great on algae

 

[NanaReefer]

I'd removed it from the plug, put on newer clean plug and throw algae infested plug far far away!! :)

 

[Mstanker]

but its growing between the heads of the blasto.

 

[icereefer]

get more water moving over them,

 

[cheezybuda]

I don't know how well blasts deal with peroxide, so I would recommend "painting" directly on the algae, let it react for a couple minutes, rinse in fresh saltwater, and return it

 

[Mstanker]

There is plenty of water movement. Sometime I think it's to much. Mp10 in a 40g with a small mini ph on the back

 

[NanaReefer]

I've got an MP10, WP10 and my 568gph return on my 40B. Definitely NOT to much flow :)

 

[Mstanker]

dangs thats alot. but do you have alot of stony or corals in the way to slow down the flow. My corals are all frags.

 

[NanaReefer]

 

[lirrgirl]

I have a blasto that floated right off his skeleton? now he is sitting on the sand attached to nothing? will he survive?

 

[Dixie_reefer]

I doubt it. Sounds like polyp bail out to me. I've never heard of blastos doing it though so i could be wrong.

 

[stacy_vennes]

I have the same problem with fire n ice zoas and i tried the peroxide dip and it dang near melted them.

 

[Mstanker]

Ya my blasto is in a poor shape right now. but everything else is going great. With keeping there color. I going to try to place it in a shady place and see from there.

 

[gidenski]

I've had the issue with algae on my Zoas as well. I dipped them which made the Zoas more angry and the aglae came back. I've had much better luck lowering my feeding, using a spot feeder to blast the algae off and having waiting small siphon hose to clear it out. It's a pain, but after a week the zoas started improving and the algae is starting to die.

 

[lirrgirl]

he is still alive. 1 week later. lol will see