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Djbeasley05 03/04/2018 07:34 PM
White fuzz on Monti
 
I’m starting to see white strings on my Monti. There’s also some algae growing on the underside. It’s in a high light/high flow area. I’m wondering if I should use a tooth brush to get the algae and white strings off of it. It still shows great color and the white growth ring.


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Djbeasley05 03/05/2018 08:42 PM
Bump


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AlSimmons 03/06/2018 11:32 AM
If your referring to those white strings on the right they look more like Hydroids than algae IMO. Using a toothbrush along the edges won't hurt anything though. I used to do this all the time when I was fighting Nudibranchs. The coral would get a little scuffed up, but within days it recovered.

RobZilla04 03/06/2018 12:13 PM
How long have they looked like that? Can you turn up the flow?

Toothbrushing them can cause stress but as mentioned they should recover quickly.

Djbeasley05 03/08/2018 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RobZilla04 (Post 25382171)
How long have they looked like that? Can you turn up the flow?



Toothbrushing them can cause stress but as mentioned they should recover quickly.


I have a power head pointed directly at it so it’s already max flow.


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RobZilla04 03/08/2018 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Djbeasley05 (Post 25384450)
I have a power head pointed directly at it so it’s already max flow.


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Id try backing off the flow. It may not be happy with max flow and direct. It's been a few days since the original post, is it still looking like the pic?

Djbeasley05 03/08/2018 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by RobZilla04 (Post 25384475)
Id try backing off the flow. It may not be happy with max flow and direct. It's been a few days since the original post, is it still looking like the pic?


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It’s spreading to other coral! It looks like spider webs. Help!



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RobZilla04 03/09/2018 05:19 AM
Do you have lots of small hard tubes extending from the rocks? Those could be Vermetid Snails.

Djbeasley05 03/09/2018 06:02 AM
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Do you have lots of small hard tubes extending from the rocks? Those could be Vermetid Snails.


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Exactly what they are! They hitchhiked in on a neon cabbage i bought from lfs. I broke apart the rock and epoxied the cabbage back in. Hopefully that will control them.



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RobZilla04 03/09/2018 06:25 AM
Glad you got it solved. I just left mine alone when I had thousands, but they never "snotted" all over everything like you've pictured. A stray strand here and there. Now I never see any. Dunno where they went.

Djbeasley05 03/09/2018 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by RobZilla04 (Post 25384856)
Glad you got it solved. I just left mine alone when I had thousands, but they never "snotted" all over everything like you've pictured. A stray strand here and there. Now I never see any. Dunno where they went.


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Are these tubes the snails? Can they embed themselves in the coral? There are hundred of these tubes on one cabbage frag.



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