My humble little 75 Gal Tank.

[spykes]

true

 

[ctxmonitor]

I tried to pull out as much as possible. But man is it hard to get it all cleaned out. I still see some in between the gab..

 

[iceman716238]

Originally posted by marrone:
Just take it out, pull off what you can then take either a pair of tweezers or a tooth brush and scrab and scrape it off. You should be able to get it all off just keep repeating the cleaning and in time it with all be gone. Done throw away the coral.

I highly suggest you throw the coral away. Trust me, if that spreads, you will wish you would've listened. I guess you guys have no idea how hard it is to get rid of this stuff or what eats it. Whatever you do, DO NOT SCRAPE OR let loose peices float around!!!!!!!!

[ April 07, 2005, 09:27 PM: Message edited by: iceman716238 ]

 

[ctxmonitor]

****, I think its too late.. I saw a few floating around and now I can't seem to find them. Probably got stuck on some rock work.

 

[rickytsui]

u better get some stuff to eat that up it will get bad . i got that stuff in my nano and it kill my tank with in 3 month everything have that stuff . IS BAD

 

[iceman716238]

Originally posted by ctxmonitor:
****, I think its too late.. I saw a few floating around and now I can't seem to find them. Probably got stuck on some rock work.

Ohh boy. Sorry to say it but your probably screwed. If that gets a hold, throw away any rock with even 1 strand attatched. I really hope you did not scrape it. You would of only spread the spores You will never get rid of it totally. If you can find those pieces do so.

[ April 07, 2005, 11:11 PM: Message edited by: iceman716238 ]

 

[nanoreefer22]

ctx, I really hope that you can find those pieces or they land in the shade and die away. I would hate to see you take down your tank. It really looks great. Is there nothing that eats this algae or something that helps to get rid of it.

How'd you get it in the first place? Best of lucky buddy.
-Kris

 

[marrone]

Originally posted by iceman716238:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by marrone:
Just take it out, pull off what you can then take either a pair of tweezers or a tooth brush and scrab and scrape it off. You should be able to get it all off just keep repeating the cleaning and in time it with all be gone. Done throw away the coral.

I highly suggest you throw the coral away. Trust me, if that spreads, you will wish you would've listened. I guess you guys have no idea how hard it is to get rid of this stuff or what eats it. Whatever you do, DO NOT SCRAPE OR let loose peices float around!!!!!!!! </font>[/QUOTE]You don't scrape in the tank!!!! You take the piece out and scrape it out of the tank. Also after you scrape you should rinse it or shake it off in water, from the tank would be best to get rid of the pieces.

 

[ctxmonitor]

Thanks Michael. I did take it out and scape it off, but the rising down never done, actually. I just scape and put it back into the tank.

Those algae came from the coral.. It was just a few hairy algae when I got it.. Never would have thought that it would become the dreaded bryosis. Guess I just have to be very careful when I buy corals..

 

[marrone]

Unfortunily unless you really look closly at the coral and the rock for all kinds of bad things there's always a chance your going to introduce things into your tank. It's always good to quartine your corals and see if anything bad is on them but sometimes they don't show up for weeks or even months. The thing is you need to get rid of them as soon as you see them before they spread. I have green bubble algae in my tank which I got from 1 piece of rock and now it's part of the tank no matter how many I take out or how many emerald crabs I have.

 

[spykes]

marrone -
i found one of those bubble algae in my tank but i dont see it anywhere else, just one peice, i thought it was a pearl or something lol. i kinda poped it.

 

[marrone]

If you pop it in the tank and will release spores and then you'll have alot more in time. On the positive side they do look nice and some have a metalic shine to them.

 

[ctxmonitor]

My latest tank updates shot.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Looking Good ctx. Starting to look full already. That xenia on the sand looks huge. How tall is it?

 

[jhale]

haha, spykes your funny, when was the last time you saw a green pearl ?

 

[joseney21]

And thats the man we're trusting to help us make skimmers???We're lost!!!!!J/k.

 

[ctxmonitor]

That xenia is about 6" long. I don't know why it grew so long.. I actually like it more when it has short stem.

 

[pecan2phat]

Tom,
Believe everyone when they say that you DO NOT want bryopsis to take a foothold in your tank.

I've known reefers with tens of thousands invested in their setup only to become totally fustrated by bryopsis taking over and eventually tearing down their tanks and getting out of the hobby.

Pull out the coral, manually remove what you can and isolate it away from your rockwork.

If it comes back from the nutrients in your water then consider what iceman said.

 

[ctxmonitor]

Thanks Warren for the tips. I really didn't want to trash the coral though. Is there any dip that would kill them.. So they won't grow back again?

 

[Reef Guy]

**** are you serious, I had something exacly like that growing on one of my LR. Someone told me it was macro and i put in in my fige my nano...EVERYTHING