**Problem - Need Your Help**

reefwars · #1 07-21-2011, 02:14 AM

weird is it just this one piece?? maybe frag off what you can thats not infected and toss the rest to be safe?? hard to say from the pics but i wouldnt take any chances if you like the piece as it looks like its going to take over the whole piece...

es355lucille · #2 07-21-2011, 03:29 AM

I was worried at first that it would take over the whole tank. It confines itself to the dead coral (parasitic tendencies). I am going to go in with a syring and some vinegar and see what happens.....maybe it will affect it. It going to be hard to get rid of. If I try and scrape if off the rock it may get transferred everywhere with the pieces.......has not moved anywhere else though. Its definately going to take over the whole coral over time. Good thing its slow moving.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefwars

weird is it just this one piece?? maybe frag off what you can thats not infected and toss the rest to be safe?? hard to say from the pics but i wouldnt take any chances if you like the piece as it looks like its going to take over the whole piece...

fishytime · #3 07-21-2011, 04:00 AM

I second the recommendation to at the very least frag a healthy chunk off and move it somewhere else in the tank..... Then when you move that rock you can do some more intricate and thorough surgery

es355lucille · #4 07-21-2011, 04:03 AM

I agree with both of you on that one. This frag was from your V1 Doug......its a nice one. Can't wait to give the gray stuff some vinegar soup!

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishytime

I second the recommendation to at the very least frag a healthy chunk off and move it somewhere else in the tank..... Then when you move that rock you can do some more intricate and thorough surgery

toytech · #5 07-21-2011, 04:15 AM

Is might be some kind of agressive coraline , i have a green kind that will grow up the stalks of the zoas it grows with until it forms a long tube and finaly covers the head . Ive tried scrubbing it off , but it wont budge.

es355lucille · #6 07-21-2011, 04:20 AM

I have (three types of red) & blue & green coraline algae.....this is not like coraline.....although the pictures are deceving as it looks like coraline. Its really fuzzy like mold and dark grey to blackish......its not hard looking.....its quite fuzzy looking.

Quote:

Originally Posted by toytech

Is might be some kind of agressive coraline , i have a green kind that will grow up the stalks of the zoas it grows with until it forms a long tube and finaly covers the head . Ive tried scrubbing it off , but it wont budge.