pink bubble thing on my zoa

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  1. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    pink bubble thing growing on my Zoa.
    It started like a month ago, but i thought it was nothing much, or thought it was offspring from the pink Zoa, since it looked like pink bubble. But now there is just way too much, and my pink Zoa does not look healthy as it use to.
    I went to LFS today and got a water tested and the result isn't so good, because I haven't been able to focus on my tank due to college and mid term.

    Water tests are...
    Alkalinity: 6.5 very low
    Calcium 450, i think average
    mag 1230, also low
    phosphate .25 not sure
    nitrate 25
    nitrite 0
    ammonia 0

    pictures coming soon
     
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  4. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    heres the picture of the problem
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  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    I am guessing it is a macro algae, perhaps red bubble algae, hard to tell from the image. Nice dendro BTW.
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
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    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    would manual removal be the best method? and thanks, it looks like Red Valonia
     
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  9. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    I would go with manual removal, that is the way I have always done it and I have never seen an increase in algae afterwards. I just remove them by hand, turn off flow, let settle to the bottom and siphon out or remove with a fish net. If you can remove the coral and do so in a container that would be ideal, but if not no biggy.
     
  10. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    ya, i can do it in a container, the rock is a size of my fist anyway, should be easy.
    , but how can I do it?
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Just take a small clean container or bowel, put some water from the diplay tank and place the corals, and just pull off the algae. The zoanthids will looked peeved for a short while but they will be fine.
     
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    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    okay boss, thanks for your suggestion