Bubble algae? Best way to attack it on this Lobo colony?

[Ta2oodfreak]

I picked up this large lobo a few weeks ago, dipped and all that good stuff. I just noticed these small bubbles after transporting it to my nano set up.

Thoughts on the best action plan to mitigate and prevent spread?

 

[Afrashz]

I’d remove it from the tank with a bowl of water and remove all the bubbles manually, I’d dunk in a clean bowl of tank water a few times before placing back in the tank

 

[vetteguy53081]

Inject with peroxide or as suggested manually without breaking/popping them which may release spores and allow more to enter tank

 

[Ta2oodfreak]

Inject with peroxide or as suggested manually without breaking/popping them which may release spores and allow more to enter tank

Gotcha, thank you. Just wasn't sure if I had to take any special precautions with it on the body of the lobo.

 

[Thales]

Inject with peroxide or as suggested manually without breaking/popping them which may release spores and allow more to enter tank

They spore thing is an old reefers tale.


Just remove/pop and scrape them with tweezers.

 

[TankCandy]

If you slowly pick at it from under the bubble, you usually can get a cluster of them to pop off. I bought cheap stainless dental picks off of ebay to do this.

 

[vetteguy53081]

They spore thing is an old reefers tale.


Just remove/pop them with tweezers.

Had someone 2 months ago pop them in her 65 gal tank and had clusters of them thereafter. It happened because, with the filaments in the bubble, once introduced to your tank will use any existing nitrates and/or phosphates in your tank to grow and reproduce.
Seen it a few times over the last couple of decades.

 

[Thales]

Had someone 2 months ago pop them in her 65 gal tank and had clusters of them thereafter. It happened because, with the filaments in the bubble, once introduced to your tank will use any existing nitrates and/or phosphates in your tank to grow and reproduce.
Seen it a few times over the last couple of decades.

They reproduce by growing new bubbles from their 'roots' not from anything in the bubble. Pop them all you want, that isn't what spreads them.

 

[PicassoClown04]

I would just remove the bubble then follow up with 1-2 weeks of vibrant using the “clean tank” dosing instructions just to make 100% sure it’s gone

 

[Double monti 61]

I pull them off with my hands or tweezers and suck them off the glass and other areas when I do water changes.