How to kill algae on frag plugs

[Reefer_Madness]

I have a couple of frags that came with algae on the plug. The algae is growing now. I'm not educated or confident enough to do a peroxide dip without advice.

 

Can someone give me a quick how-to on dipping SPS frags and Zoa frags, so I don't kill em'? Dosages would be important.

[YHSublime]

SPS frags i wouldn't peroxide dip. That's just me.

 

Toothbrush, some saltwater, and elbow grease.

 

Zoanthids, I just usually get a bowl from the kitchen (like what you would eat cereal out of) spritz of HP into saltwater, and mix it, then do a quick dip and swirl. Then the toothbrush with whatever can be removed. After a while the algae will turn white and just come off.

[Cliff Puckstable]

If you're concerned, just cut the plug off. This can also reduce chance of other contaminants getting into your system. If you want the plug, I recommend a tooth brush dipped in peroxide mixed with sw. This will have immediate effects on the algae but I'm not convinced it kills it 100%. I've been doing this on all my frags since I can remember and I almost always still get bubble algae /gha growth on the plugs after a few weeks. I know we like well encrusted and healthy frags but now days I'd almost prefer a fresh cut from a colony. Just my O.

[WilRams]

I have the same question for sps frags. As of now I just scrub with a toothbrush but it's not that effective. Anything else I peroxide dip with no fear.

[Squishie89]

I got some red hermits, margarita snails and trochus snails from ReefeScape, someone of those 3 has done a good job getting my coral QT 99% algae free

[gws3]

Algae on frag plugs is the bane of my existence!  It just means you don't have enough herbivores, or the herbivores you do have can't get to the plugs.  I think egg crate makes it tough for snails and hermits to get to the plugs.  I plumbed in some new frag tanks to my 300 recently and am going to try not using any eggcrate.  Frags will go directly on the glass bottom or on a central rock structure.  I hope this allows the herbivores to clean the frag plugs which means less time for me to spend scrubbing plugs with a toothbrush.

[s2nhle]

I just scrubbed it with toothbrush and dip.