Algae on exposed coral skeleton

[andresont]

How about Po4 removal via chemical filtration.

[michika]

When its happened to me, I usually just take a extra soft baby's toothbrush and softly brush off the algae. Works well, and it has normally allowed the coral to retake its skeleton.

[Moogled]

I tried that, but the algae seems to have "hardened" on the skeleton. It's much harder than brushing diatoms off the glass.

[steva44]

did you try joes juice. It takes care of most algae. Perhaps put it in a bucket of still water and apply the "serum" with care as not to get to much on the living coral. I noticed that when I killed aiptasia with the joes juice, it also killed the area of hard algae around it to, while still leaving the Zoo's intact...
might work you never know..

[Redrover]

I agree with reef raf try cutting away infected part...
Forget the Joe's Juice, Yike

RJ

[Moogled]

I did some surgery and used tweezers to snap off bits of the skeleton that had algae.

How do I prevent the algae from growing on the coral? I always assumed that algae would grow no matter what and I'll be doing more water changes to lower my nutrients.

[michika]

All I can think of is continue to have good or decent flow on it, and it should prevent the algae from getting hold. I wish I could provide you some other suggestions.