maiden's hair transplanting

[MarineTeng]

i have some maiden's hair algae covering some zoanthids, and they're usurping all the light from them, i'd like to keep the algae as it's a cool kind but want it off the zoanthids, in short, how do you go about transplanting?

 

[spongebob lover]

hmm have you tried pulling it ?
if i was you i'd try with some twicers (you know those thingys that women use to get rid off the hairs on their eye brows ) i did that with my grape caulerpa and it work pretty good but i'd do it in a bucket of water so that way it doesn't go spreading everywhere .

I'm sure someone else will give you better ideas though .

 

[BCT182]

Ive never had madiens hair, but can you get under it with a razor or exacto and peel it back?

 

[MarineTeng]

perhaps but it might be hard with all the zoas there, i'm wondering if the roots actually supply nutrients or if it's just an anchor, cause then i could pull it then glue it down

 

[Burrower]

I'm not an algal expert (by any means) but if it is a true algae then it has no true roots like plants. What resembles roots on algae are nothing more than structures to help anchor the specimen to a substrate. In my opinion, ripping them would not impair the nutrient gathering capability whatsoever.