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MaxxedMan
01/16/2014, 11:52 AM
I had a little macro that must have come on a frag a year ago. For awhile it was just a little in the corner. It now dominates my tank and is killing my corals. I pull out a baseball sized fist every few days, upgraded my protein skimmer, do water changes, bought a tang hoping he'd eat it...

At this point it almost time to just tear the down the tank and sell it unless someone can help me out with new suggestions here.

fishysteve
01/16/2014, 11:54 AM
That happened to me about ten years ago. I just bought new rock. No need to sell the tank.

Khemul
01/16/2014, 12:07 PM
Take the rocks out in groups and pour peroxide on them. If that doesn't work, nuke/replace the rock.

Otherwise, about the only other option would be a sea hare.

crabbyreef
01/16/2014, 12:21 PM
Do tangs eat this stuff?

Saltydrip
01/16/2014, 12:31 PM
What type do you have?

MMM33732
01/16/2014, 02:38 PM
What type do you have?

x2

jarrod13
01/17/2014, 07:39 AM
Rabbitfish would be more prone to eating it most likely...

faithenfire
01/17/2014, 08:09 AM
depending on the type of algae, a biological solution along with your pulling it out should work. I have trochus for some of my algaes

but why is it growing? do you have that much left over nutrients?

kegogut
01/17/2014, 08:14 AM
Best bet would be to take out 1/2 your rock and nuke it and put it back in,then do the same with the other 1/2.

You could also try trimming it down to the nubs and keep doing that on a daily basis until it gets to weak to thrive and dies off.

Ratpack
01/17/2014, 09:17 AM
Need to know what algae it is in order to effectively help. If not sure, just snap a photo.

Cujo
01/17/2014, 10:41 AM
Just finished cycling after a complete tear down due to a caulerpa take over. No tangs or a rabbit would touch it and manual removal was becoming too much of a pita. Lost a lot of my corals from being overgrown. I removed everything and ran the system with freshwater and 20% vinegar solution to try to eliminate any remaining spores. Starting over with Marco Rock and new sand.

snorvich
01/17/2014, 10:45 AM
That happened to me about ten years ago. I just bought new rock. No need to sell the tank.

This.

brandon429
01/17/2014, 10:54 AM
I can prob beat it w peroxide, post here before you give up. peroxide in tank, not out of tank

pico reef pest algae challenge thread

if you havent tried it, can't eliminate it as a cure. macros are highly susceptible to our technique for treating a full running tank. if you want, post pics there. no use concerning over nutrient levels when marco rocks are used, focus on effective biocidal options if your grazers are snoozing I always say.

MaxxedMan
01/21/2014, 01:02 PM
Do tangs eat this stuff?

No, No he does not.

brandon429
01/21/2014, 01:11 PM
post a full tank shot lets see how bad your invasion is

fishysteve
01/21/2014, 06:27 PM
What I did when it happened to me is I asked my LFS if I could trade pound for pound and they agreed. It's worth a shot.

pledosophy
01/21/2014, 07:08 PM
I would try a foxface over a tang for algae control.

Phosban would be great.

3 days with the lights off after your next big algae pull would be great too.

MaxxedMan
01/27/2014, 03:04 PM
http://i.imgur.com/iZ6J8xX.jpg

A little salt on my glass there, but yeah... it's pretty bad

maddmaxx
01/27/2014, 03:11 PM
yea i would pull rocks out and treat wit peroxide and also start running phosban or some sort of GFO...

fishysteve
01/27/2014, 03:28 PM
Sweet Jesus !

MaxxedMan
01/27/2014, 03:36 PM
For a year it was just on the power head. Then I decided to try and pull it out, and then it spread.

maddmaxx
01/27/2014, 03:46 PM
well when you pulled it off, it released spores into the water column to multiply. i would take out each rock, scrub off what i could with a toothbrush, then treat wit peroxide, let it set out in air wit peroxide on it for about 3-5 minutes to make sure you cook all the algae that was left after scrubbing it. while its cooking i would completely clean the tank, all the glass, the back glass of the tank. filters, skimmer, etc etc clean everything, add rock back in, then do a normal water change that you usually do..... i had an extremely bad out break of cotton candy algae in my 220g. and did this process and all is fine now. its tedious but its needed...

ReeferBill
01/27/2014, 04:05 PM
looks like bryopsis algea, read up on hydrogen peroxide and kents tech m magnesium.good luck

DLANDINO
01/27/2014, 04:12 PM
Sweet Jesus !

Yep