Algea Acro-Am i normal?

[wrassie86]

hey i've got this teal stag while this thing has great color and very fast growth. It also has little strands of a hair like aglea growing out of it also.in the pic there very hard to see but some can be made out on the lower branches.As the coral grows the algea stands mutiply right along with it.they grow along every branch all over the stag and are about the size of the (i) in liberty on a quarter and semi clear(no real color).i'm gonna assume this is not normal and could be some kind of acro boring algea.if so how would i kill it?Ive thought about a iodine dip but it had one when i first got.also none of my other acro's have this problem.

 

[GatorReefman]

Could they be actually long haired polyps? My green bali slimer has very long polyps that come out at nite as well as my purple tipped acro.

 

[wrassie86]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8053325#post8053325 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GatorReefman
Could they be actually long haired polyps? My green bali slimer has very long polyps that come out at nite as well as my purple tipped acro.

I wish it was,this algea grows inbetween the polyps on the branchs.if i could get a decent pic you'd see what i mean.

 

[wrassie86]

few new pics to show more clearly

 

[robitreef]

I think they may be some kind of sweeper, or it is sloughing off some mucus. I have a blue-tip staghorn acro that has done that as well.

 

[pk1]

Do they look like the hydroids you see on this frag?

 

[wrassie86]

Looks pretty close,there hydroids uh?anyway to get rid of them?I'd hate to see them spread to my other corals.

 

[pk1]

I asked that question to Ron Shimek, here is the thread:

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic26435-11-1.aspx

FWIW, my frag still has the hydroids, and is still growing/doing fine.

Here is another thread from this forum..

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=812976&highlight=hydroid

Patrick

 

[DRZL-sauras]

Hmmm....sorry dude I only see polyp extension