Is this normal for an encrusting coral?

[chiefifd]

Is this normal for an

encrusting coral? I'm looking at the red fibers at the top middle of the Coral.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Could that possibly be cyano? Can you blow it off with a baster?

 

[shakacuz]

likely cyano

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Cyanno

 

[chiefifd]

Nope won't blow off.... Better to just remove the coral??? I've had it for 5 or 6 years, and it had been in poor shape

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Nope won't blow off.... Better to just remove the coral???

You can take the coral out and try to brush the red stuff in a small container of tank water.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Could be red hair algae

 

[chiefifd]

I'm thinking it's something I don't want to spread...... Maybe I'll take the coral out, & take a small cutting from the edges. Dip it and see what happens.

 

[kevgib67]

@encrustingacro ?

 

[chiefifd]

Maybe I'll just destroy the coral before anything bad happens I don't want to deal with..........

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Maybe I'll just destroy the coral before anything bad happens I don't want to deal with..........

Geez! Don't do that!

 

[chiefifd]

What might you try ???

I was thinking about taking good...or seemingly healthy tissue not near the problem area. Placing it or pieces onto a plug or two.
Does that seem to lessen the chance of an unwanted outbreak

 

[VintageReefer]

I would dip in hydrogen peroxide mixed with saltwater. It will kill off most species of algae

 

[VintageReefer]

I suspect the top polyp died. And that’s a type of algae growing on the exposed skeleton

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

What might you try ???

I was thinking about taking good...or seemingly healthy tissue not near the problem area. Placing it or pieces onto a plug or two.
Does that seem to lessen the chance of an unwanted outbreak

I'm not sure you need to worry about an "outbreak". My concern would be that coral's health. Is the red stuff covering part of the live coral? Is the flesh receding?

I can't imagine that a small bit of algae on one coral would make anyone decide to frag it either.

Maybe if you can get better pics of the stuff in question... I may not be understanding the situation.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I'm not sure you need to worry about an "outbreak". My concern would be that coral's health. Is the red stuff covering part of the live coral? Is the flesh receding?

I can't imagine that a small bit of algae on one coral would make anyone decide to frag it either.

Maybe if you can get better pics of the stuff in question... I may not be understanding the situation.

Could it be red cotton candy algae?

 

[chiefifd]

I will try to get a better photo tomorrow. I believe a bare-spot on the top of the coral did happen prior to the hair type "growth".

 

[thamnasteroid]

Cyano; usually a sign of a dead spot or low flow.

 

[chiefifd]

It is in a low flow area, sitting on the tank bottom.........