A good way to rid bubble algae

[Loki]

I am new to bubble algae. I have some on two frags from the LFS. What are some effective ways to remove it? I have heard if the bubbles pop it will spread like crazy. I can take the frags out and do whatever is needed.

I do not want to add an emerald crab (I despise crabs) to my tank.

Can I just pull the affected corals out and dip/pull the bubbles off?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Frenchie87]

That's the only way I know of. Just remove the coral and scrape off as much as you can then dip and put the coral back in and cross your fingers.

 

[Degener8]

Remove and scrape I wouldn't do. Remove them with tweezers carefully not to pop the bubbles. The slime in em is where the spores are.

 

[Detroit_306]

Also heard of people jabbing them with a needle and sucking the juice out h

 

[miyags]

When I got some frags with bubble algae on the plugs, I remove frags from tank, scraped algae off the plug, trying not to pop them. then I painted the plug with full strength peroxide, then dipped in a peroxide then iodine dip. then watched them for a month or so to see if it returns. Mine were algae free. For peroxide dip place coral in glass or plastic bowl with tank water. add peroxide to water slowly until the plug or coral start to bubble, leave in for 5min. follow with iodine dip.

 

[robsreefs]

I just suck them off when I do water change works great for me the never spread for me I might see one or two every couple months

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[-Logzor]

It's a gamble putting that into your system without a decent QT. I was once seeding some liverock for my new system. So I dumped in a couple cups of the established tank water in that system to seed it. Not a few weeks later bubble algae was popping up. It's not like normal algae...

 

[kes]

removing with hand (with tweezers/siphon) is the best way and be careful not to burst it in water as spores can be released, creating more headaches.
you already mentioned about emerald crabs but they do a fine job. Also, dejardin sailfin tang and foxface have been reported to feast on bubble algae.

 

[robert]

take the frag out and put it in a small tupperware container with enough tank-water to cover the frag. Holding the frag underwater, use a x-acto knife, tweezers - or what-ever your comfortable with and just push the clumps of bubbles off the frag. they will offer a minimal resistance and will usually come off the frag as a clump. Push off any individual bubbles that remain. If you break a few its not a big deal, just get the outer shell of the bubble off. When you've got all the bubbles off, rinse with clean tank water - your done.

No need to dip or use hydrogen peroxide - at least not in my experience. While it can be unsightly, its also one of the easiest nuisence algaes to deal with. tI doesn't spread easily or rapidly - at least not in my systems.

 

[Loki]

I took the frags out of the tank and I just knocked the algae off. I had a little tub of tank water and rinsed the frags off before putting them back into the tank. It went rather well. Easy as pie. thanks guys.