Algae growing on dead coral skeleton

[newfly]

I had a small die off recently, but mostly recovered and things looking ok now. A sizable stylo colony had some peeling tissue, and green hair algae took hold on the skeleton. The rest of the coral seems to be doing fine now, and no longer receding.

Any suggestion how do i tackle the gha? Its growing in between the coral and its not possible to just pick it off.

Couple of options i can think off

1. Use local Peroxide treatment - i tried that once , but i think i need repeated treatment. Not sure if Sylo can tolerate it repeatedly
2. break off the sylo and dip in peroxide. its trickly as its not easy to cut off the base as its surrounded by other corals.
3. ??

 

[dangalang]

Is there room for a snail? If so, I'd try grabbing one and placing it right on the algae to see if it will start eating it.

 

[Coral reefer]

Frag off the healthy parts?

 

[Darkxerox]

Frag off the healthy parts?

Or vice versa if you can remove the dead spots.

 

[ReyDeFarts]

I had some issues recently and I had some die off too. Mine was a lighting mishap and nuked some pieces with too much light for too long. Then some nutrient issues on top of that. Urgh! That was shortly followed up with gha on skeletons. Either I lost tips or I had whole branches/heads that were dying. So I snipped them off and let the healthy tissue cover that and grow. It seems to heal faster without it competing with something else. I also tried brushing the algae off the skeletal structure and it would just seem to come back. Cutting it and removing it worked better for me.

 

[newfly]

i'll take a pic later tonight. snails might not get to it since its btw healthy tight branch. Since the sections that died is all over the place, random location, small area on parts of the coral, i can only frag a 2-3 inch section that is 100% unaffected. That would be my last option as i hate to break off the large colony.

 

[richiev]

Or vice versa if you can remove the dead spots.

My experience is the right solution is what @Coral reefer and @Darkxerox said. Unless you have a foxface or something that already can eat all the GHA (which if so you likely wouldn't be asking), trying to fight a growth battle with algae vs coral is just frustration that will go on forever. It really sucks cutting up something that seems big into little pieces, but it's an almost guaranteed solution whereas trying to fight algae growing on a skeleton is just frustration.