Red Hair Algae problem on coral - HELP

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Hi All,

i am having a bit of trouble with red hair and bubble algae. all of my coral are fine except for one. i have attached an image of it.

Can someone tell me if this coral is dead? If not, how do i clean the algae off of the coral?

Thanks

 

[thegrun]

It looks like Cyanobacteria, normally it should not attach itself to a health coral. I cannot tell from the picture if the coral is dead or not, but it looks like it is still living. I would use a soft tooth brush to gently brush off the bacteria.

 

[Sk8r]

Or a turkey baster to wheeze it off without touching. Does the coral have any color at all, or is it white?
Note on cyano: a 3-day lights out, 4th on low light, and a decent skimmer should make a dent in that. Cyano's highly adaptable, so hard to attribute it to or cure it via anything like phosphates, etc.

 

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as far as color goes, it looks like the original blue color. Some parts of it look white though. its hard to tell with my ati t5 light - it makes everything look blueish


thanks guys! i appreciate the info