algae on coral?

[chelseagrin]

i just picked up some new lps frags and i got a bargain because they had been neglected. they had a bit of algae on them so i took them out and scrubbed most of it off with a new tooth brush but i bought them saturday and they arent open completely. and there is still a bit of algae on them. whats the best way i can completely rid them of the algae and get them healthier? thanks

 

[Cake_Boss]

What type of coral? How much algae is still on them? Pics of the algae on the coral?

 

[chelseagrin]

i do not have a camera right now, its hair algae and the corals are favia, pagoda, sun coral, and candy cane, then another type of brain. they are not exactly covered it is just on the rocks they are on and on the outer edges of their skeleton.

 

[spstimie]

Get a rainford or hectors goby

 

[chelseagrin]

haha thats funny i got a rainfords goby at the exact same time! are they supposed to eat the hair algae?

 

[spstimie]

"The diet should consist of filamentous algae"
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1926+164&pcatid=164

 

[subpotentjoe]

If you have a solid clean up crew of snails and hermits they should make quick work of that algea. Scarlet hermits are especially good in my tank cleaning any algea that may be growing on any new corals.

 

[chelseagrin]

i actually dont have much of a clean up crew. i have 2 hermits and 1 snail and a cbs.

 

[subpotentjoe]

What size tank? I have about 1 hermit per gallon. They are great for algae and left over food. Probably need a few more snails too.

 

[chelseagrin]

its only a 5 gallon.

 

[subpotentjoe]

5 hermits and 5 small snails or 3 bigger snails like turbos would be perfect. I would do 2 scarlet hermits and 3 blue legs.

 

[chelseagrin]

well do you think the corals will be good? they arent open yet and its been about 4 days.

 

[subpotentjoe]

that I cant speculate on. Just make sure your water quality is good. Spend about 10 bucks on a few more snails and crabs. thats about all you can do.

 

[chelseagrin]

i bought some more crabs and snails. i got 4 more crabs and 3 more snails. do you think the corals will be good till theyre clean? still not open

 

[chrislorentz]

Thats fish den stock for ya

 

[bsharpe]

Take a tweezers and gently pull the algae off of your corals and plugs.

 

[asn-naso]

i just picked up some new lps frags and i got a bargain because they had been neglected. they had a bit of algae on them so i took them out and scrubbed most of it off with a new tooth brush but i bought them saturday and they arent open completely. and there is still a bit of algae on them. whats the best way i can completely rid them of the algae and get them healthier? thanks

Did you scrub the coral, or the plug/rock the coral was on?

How long were they out of the water for?

How old is this tank? Is it fully cycled yet? How are your water tests looking?

 

[chelseagrin]

the tank has been set up for 6-7 months, its perfectly fine i had a large birdsnest and monti that just died because of a small lighting crisis (bulb i ordered broke so had to reorder) so i know my tank can handle lps. my parameters are fine

ammonia-0
mitrite-0
mitrate-0
phosphate-0
calcium-550
salinity-1.025
pH-8.3

i did my best to not damage the living coral tissue while scrubbing them. i mostly scrubbed them in the water but i took them out for at most 20 seconds to get the really bad patches.