george9
Active Member
Hi all,
I got this coral in early December from WWC and right off the bat had some burnt tips and grew a bit of algae on the branch that is now dying within hours of putting it in the tank. I wasn’t too enthused with that but as it got acclimated, it was able to begin growing and knock back the algae at one of its tips after about a week. The coral was colored up nice and growing so I was happy.
Couple weeks later and I notice Ulva growing all over the frag plug around the base of the coral. Ulva began to grow on a few of the frags I received from them, not sure why this started, but I decided to use a bit of peroxide on the plug to kill it all as it kept coming back. Unfortunately, I must’ve hit the tissue a little bit with peroxide and one branch of the monti has been losing color and growing a bit of algae very slowly over the last month. There is a good chunk of the coral that still appears healthy and I want to stop the damage from spreading. Is this guy a goner or is there a way I can still save the good part or maybe even bring the dead branch back to life? I’ve been target feeding it with AB+ and occasionally with Brightwell Restor.
The damaged part is most obvious from above.
I got this coral in early December from WWC and right off the bat had some burnt tips and grew a bit of algae on the branch that is now dying within hours of putting it in the tank. I wasn’t too enthused with that but as it got acclimated, it was able to begin growing and knock back the algae at one of its tips after about a week. The coral was colored up nice and growing so I was happy.
Couple weeks later and I notice Ulva growing all over the frag plug around the base of the coral. Ulva began to grow on a few of the frags I received from them, not sure why this started, but I decided to use a bit of peroxide on the plug to kill it all as it kept coming back. Unfortunately, I must’ve hit the tissue a little bit with peroxide and one branch of the monti has been losing color and growing a bit of algae very slowly over the last month. There is a good chunk of the coral that still appears healthy and I want to stop the damage from spreading. Is this guy a goner or is there a way I can still save the good part or maybe even bring the dead branch back to life? I’ve been target feeding it with AB+ and occasionally with Brightwell Restor.
The damaged part is most obvious from above.
