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Lobophora
Last updated on November 17th, 2023
About Lobophora
Lobophora is a slippery, rubber-like, hard algae that can be reddish, yellowish, or brownish, in color. Lobophora is often mistaken as plating coralline algae.
What Causes Lobophora
Lobophora grows from a small piece that was on coral, shells, or rock that was added to the aquarium.
How to Get Rid of Lobophora
Trying to remove lobophora can be very difficult. Even if you cut the algae off of the rock, it will grow back. The only way to know you removed all of the lobophora is to break off a piece of the rock with a chisel. Make sure to do this outside of the aquarium. Dude to how slow lobophora grows, this should solve the problem indefinatly.
What Eats Lobophora
Tangs, urchins, emerald crabs, rabbitfish are likely to pick at the lobophora, but are not likely to eat all of it. Therefore, you are best to do the manual removal mentioned above.
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- Chisel and a Hammer
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