Transferring a leather coral from a hair algae tank

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TomLS
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Transferring a leather coral from a hair algae tank

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Hi all I recently acquired a beautiful, huge leather coral from someone who was breaking down a tank.
Unfortunately the donor tank had a huge algae problem, so I'm keen not to contaminate my tank! I've read up on leather fragging, so I'm confident I can get it off the contaminated live rock, but does anyone have any ideas how I might 'treat' the leather to remove any residual spores from its surface? Without killing it that is!
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Re: Transferring a leather coral from a hair algae tank

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Just saw it off at the base with a long blade & brush it off with a toothbrush. Algae really isn't that big of a deal, if you keep it under control, as soon as you see it. I have no problems, since adding a Foxface to the tank & it's under 2 corner windows.
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