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should i still buy this coral?

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NanoreefChris

ive got my eyes on a gorgeous pulsating pom pom xenia at a LFS but it has some green algae on the disc that I cant identify. If I dip it in something can I assure that this algae wont spread? What would you do, is it best to avoid the coral?

Thanks,

Chris
 
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youpey

i wanted a really nice ricordea, and it was a good price, but the tank had a bunch of bubble algae. i decided against it because i didnt want it in my tank. my tank is clear of bubble algae right now, and i want to keep it that way

i am super careful with introducing stuff in my tank...by that i mean, if it has anything in my tank i dont want, then i wont buy

its up to you, but i know that i have passed on something because of algae
 
Hawkeye

Hawkeye

you could just pick up some discs, glue and with a razor, cut off the pom pom and glue it back to the new disc.
 
Phyl

Phyl

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If you plan to re-mount the pom-pom I would try to make sure to carve a bit of the disk/plug as well so that you have something to glue. Leathers, softies and shrooms need to attach on their own (and there are many ways to accomplish this). Gluing to their flesh isn't an option.
 
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Mbodell

I have been using hydrogen peroxide. It works awesome. I would pour enough in the cup that the disc is covered and let it sit for 3-5 minutes. The algae will die and fall off in the tank. If you get it on the coral it will still be fine. All softies are fine with it, most lps do ok as well though it is better to not get any on the fleshy parts. SPS and monties don't do as well and can bleach a little. Most of the sps that I had a issue with recovered well. The only thing that has reacted badly was a chalice which died.
 
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junk

Mbodell said:
The only thing that has reacted badly was a chalice which died.
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Lol. Mike, don't take this the wrong way, and I don't mean to make fun of a coral dying, but that last sentence did make me chuckle for a minute. Yeah, that's a bad reaction. ;)

Have you ever used peroxide on zoas? Was curious as I picked up some the other week for a seperate smaller tank I have and noticed some bubble algae on it. Thx.
 
Hawkeye

Hawkeye

Mbodell said:
I have been using hydrogen peroxide. It works awesome. I would pour enough in the cup that the disc is covered and let it sit for 3-5 minutes. The algae will die and fall off in the tank. If you get it on the coral it will still be fine. All softies are fine with it, most lps do ok as well though it is better to not get any on the fleshy parts. SPS and monties don't do as well and can bleach a little. Most of the sps that I had a issue with recovered well. The only thing that has reacted badly was a chalice which died.
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cool to know...thanks mike.
 
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Mbodell

Yeah the article is where I read about it. I tried it spraying on a rock that I had a really bad algae infestation on. It was clean in two days. I had a few sps on it that lost some of their color but all of them have recovered and are still healthy. (excluding a small loss in color)

The chalice bubbled and the skin just fell right off. I think zoas and polys can handle anything. Don't get wierded out when you soak a zoa frag. They get lots of bubbles on them and they might not open for a day or two. After that they will be fine. It is best if you can only soak base though so the mouths of the zoas don't get so agitated.
 
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NanoreefChris

well then all i would have to soak in the peroxide would be the pvc base because thats where the algae is. Then maybe dip the whole thing in iodine solution.
 
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mr_X

i wouldn't worry about algae if your water quality is good. if you don't have algae problems now, you shouldn't have any algae take off in your tank. i'd just remove the visible algae. i would not let any hitch hiker deter me from a good deal.
anything can be dealt with.
i am willing to bet if anyone on this forum, or any other for that matter was to stop all tank husbandry, and let the water quality go down hill, macro algaes would pop up out of the blue.
stuff you think you don't have, is there...just wating for a nutrient rich environment to help it get going. ;)
 
Phyl

Phyl

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
There's just some stuff like bryopsis that seems to be able to make hay even under the most pristine of circumstances. I'm not sure I would put something with bryopsis into my tank and take the chance...

Otherwise I agree with X.
 
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