Bubble Algae Outbreak
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Terry Mattson
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I am going to try a Tuxedo Urchin. I also have turf green algea. The Tuxedo is pretty. Found a blue from algea barn. The red one is awesome but they are out. I think these are grown at algea barn making them adaptive for aquariums....
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Terry Mattson
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Cost was 25$ for the Tuxcedo at Algea Barn. Free shipping over 40$
JCOLE
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Awesome!! Let me know how it goes. My Vibrant comes in next week. If that doesnt knock it out in a month or so then I am going to pick up an urchin. Post your results.
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Terry Mattson
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I do not know why vibrant had not worked for me. It did keep the algea build up on the glass to like zero. But the green and bubble on the rock is still slowly growing. Been dosing every week.
JCOLE
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How long have you been dosing? I read sometimes it could take up to 2 months.
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Terry Mattson
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It has been about 6 weeks
BeejReef
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Good luck w the urchin. Emeralds have worked well for me, but I may have just been lucky.
One thing I notice is that they don't do well with the big bubbles... kinda like a snail doesn't do jack for big hunk of gha. But, if you can brush off and siphon the visible ones, they can really hold it down.
One thing I notice is that they don't do well with the big bubbles... kinda like a snail doesn't do jack for big hunk of gha. But, if you can brush off and siphon the visible ones, they can really hold it down.
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Terry Mattson
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My concern with emerald crab is some of them wl snip corals and I have a maxima clam. Has yours ever been an issue?
I would give it 3 months for vibrant to kill all your bubble algae. It's not something that works within a few weeks. I have been using it for 2 months now and 90% of my bubble algae is gone (moderate outbreak). I also note I dose it 2x weekly (every 4 days) 1ml per 10 gallons
I took the belt and suspenders approach: Vibrant AND Emeralds.
Took a couple of months but I cannot find any bubble anymore. Can't say which worked.
Took a couple of months but I cannot find any bubble anymore. Can't say which worked.
SuncrestReef
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I have six emerald crabs — some male, some female, different sizes, purchased from 3 different stores — but they haven’t touched my bubble algae. I also just finished treating my tank with Flux RX for bryopsis, which worked great on removing the bryopsis, but didn't have any impact on the bubble algae. I'm considering trying Vibrant next.
hyprc
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Vibrant takes months to work. You have to be patient and slowly ramp up dosing schedule to 2x/week (over the course of MONTHS, not weeks). Vibrant not only got rid of my massive bubble algae infestation, but also c. serrulata (find me ANY other product on the market that can do that...)
BeejReef
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Not yet, but too soon to say. Only 5 or 6 months.
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Only had my new Nano Reef tank 2 1/2 weeks and had some bubble algae show up. I threw one Emerald Crab in and he is going to town on the bubble algae. I did this because I just started my refugium with Chaeto and didn't want to have an issue with the Vibrant killing the Chaeto.I have a bubble algea out break. It came on a snail. Been using vibrant but is not working. Tank is a red sea 350. About 91 total gallions. The reef is doing extremely well. LPS, mushrooms, clam, goniopora, and zoas. Fish are 2 fire fish, 2 pajama cardinals, 2 pairs of clowns, diamond goby, mandarin, and purple dotty back. SG 1.026, ph 8.1, p04 .03 to .05, nitrates 2ppm, iodine .06, Calcium 420, dkh 8 to 8.5, and magnesium 1350. Equipment: heater, protein skimmer, refugium what the heck a h380 light, reactor with gfo and run a little carbon. Water is clear. Lights are 2 hd26 LEDs. My reef is very much glued together making rock removal a desaster. All coral is growing. The bubble algae is not impacting any coals yet but is spreading. What are my options? Thanks reading community....
JCOLE
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Do you have pictures?
hyprc
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Follow me on insta and look back about a year then look at now... I got tons of before/after and would always get comments how how utterly carpeted my entire tank was... Took more than SIX months to get rid of mine at double the instructed rate but it worked.
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Terry Mattson
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I may try dosing twice a week. See how this works. Since using vibrant the glass stays free from algea. Just hope pod population is not impacted by this product.
hyprc
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Just DO NOT do this over a couple weeks or even a month unless you want to risk your system... take your time with ramping up dosage... (first 2 weeks you're ramping up, dose every SIX days, then after 2 or 3 weeks of dosing every SIX days, dose every FIVE days, etc...) the biggest (and only issue) I see with peoples experience with Vibrant is grossly underestimating the time and patience the product requires... It works. You just have to be persistently patient.
