reefknight
New member
Ralph, I'm sorry to hear that you are seeing a return of some of your algae issues. I know how frustrating this must be for you.
As for my first day of treating:
I removed all of the live rock on the right side island. I used a small spray bottle set to a fine mist and sprayed the rocks, let them stand for 2 minutes, then rinsed in used tank water. In some instances I let them sit in the rinse water for a couple of minutes due to pulling/ replacing rocks in the tank. Needless to say this took several hours to pull, treat and re aqua scape that side. While treating the rock I was shocked to find a lot of valonia hidden throughout the rocks. Also while treating I found and got rid of several bristle worms. They may be beneficial, but I hate getting stung. I also used less than 5ml to squirt some on my overflow box and the return nozzles because they too had this algae on them. I used a 1ml syringe with a precision tip to drip peroxide around the tissue of a few corals. A couple of acans, chalices, duncans, and a favia. Most seemed to slime up and shed the slime quickly once they had been replaced in the display. They were rinsed immediately following the application of peroxide. Coraline algae almost instantly began turning a hot pink color. I didn't notice any difference to the gelidium at this point.
I believe that I will need to restock my pod population following treating the other side of the tank, cause I saw several pods dying off in the rinse water. I didn't notice any ill effects by any of the corals throughout the evening. To assist with the possibility of any residual peroxide, I placed a piece of Poly-Filter in my sump baffles. Just trying to be safe rather than sorry.
I will be adding 4-6 Turbo snails tomorrow to help assist in the removal of algae. Depending upon the success of today's treatment, I will complete the left side next weekend. That side will be more difficult as it has several encrusted SPS corals.
Wish me luck!
As for my first day of treating:
I removed all of the live rock on the right side island. I used a small spray bottle set to a fine mist and sprayed the rocks, let them stand for 2 minutes, then rinsed in used tank water. In some instances I let them sit in the rinse water for a couple of minutes due to pulling/ replacing rocks in the tank. Needless to say this took several hours to pull, treat and re aqua scape that side. While treating the rock I was shocked to find a lot of valonia hidden throughout the rocks. Also while treating I found and got rid of several bristle worms. They may be beneficial, but I hate getting stung. I also used less than 5ml to squirt some on my overflow box and the return nozzles because they too had this algae on them. I used a 1ml syringe with a precision tip to drip peroxide around the tissue of a few corals. A couple of acans, chalices, duncans, and a favia. Most seemed to slime up and shed the slime quickly once they had been replaced in the display. They were rinsed immediately following the application of peroxide. Coraline algae almost instantly began turning a hot pink color. I didn't notice any difference to the gelidium at this point.
I believe that I will need to restock my pod population following treating the other side of the tank, cause I saw several pods dying off in the rinse water. I didn't notice any ill effects by any of the corals throughout the evening. To assist with the possibility of any residual peroxide, I placed a piece of Poly-Filter in my sump baffles. Just trying to be safe rather than sorry.
I will be adding 4-6 Turbo snails tomorrow to help assist in the removal of algae. Depending upon the success of today's treatment, I will complete the left side next weekend. That side will be more difficult as it has several encrusted SPS corals.
Wish me luck!
