Coralline algae overgrowing corals

[Europhyllia]

What's the best way to get coralline algae off polyps?
I am going to have to find my urchin and see if he can help.
My poor green stars are getting smothered by coralline algae (and yes I am sure it's not cyano ;) )

I need to get some Purple Down. :(
http://www.dominopads.com/greenstars.jpg

[txav8r]

The 10,000,000 asterena stars in my tank do a number on coraline algae. I don't think thats the answer though.

[NateDogg]

scrape it off? does it cling to polyps as well as it does to rock and gl*****

[clamgal]

I am not an expert and do not know the specifics, but that is a good thing. I have the same polyps and they are fine with coralline algae. It is mostly light and flow that affects them in my opinion. Try moving it.

[JimD]

Leave the coralline there and let the star polyps figure it out. :)

[txav8r]

Jim's probably spot on. I think the GSPs I have could live in a toilet. THey grow like crazy!
If you need another colony of them I have some neon green ones that you are welcome to.

[Paul28]

Jim's probably spot on. I think the GSPs I have could live in a toilet. THey grow like crazy!
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HAHA thats the truth :)

[jroescher]

All those thousands of wonderful asterina stars keep that horrible coralline very well under control, allowing my GSP's to grow very thick exactly where I want them to.:sarcastic:

My GSP's grow the best directly in the current of my Koralia's. You can tell where the currents are by their growth. Huge thick mats.

[Europhyllia]

You guys were right. Something else must have been ticking off my GSP yesterday evening. When they all hid away I inspected the rock and found the coralline and thought that was it but the stars came back out later that night. :)

Of course where they are overgrown they're not coming back. :( I have them in pretty good flow (intersection of two 1500 gph Seios) but I'll see if I kind find a higher flow area.