Bubble algae question

[John Carroll]

I have been in the hobby for about 12 years. Since day 1 I have been told that popping bubble algae releases spores and makes the problem worse. Today I heard that was a myth and popping them is no big deal. So, fact or myth?


John

 

[Tahoe61]

I am in the myth category. I have manually removed bubble algae, turned off flow, let the algae settle out and then siphon the pieces out. I never saw a noticeable increase in the algae presence afterwards. If conditions are favorable bubble algae is going to grow.

 

[aaron23]

not sure but i seem to have more everytime i try to get them out i have to be more careful

 

[brandon429]

myth imo because crabs eat them by breaking them and were touted as the cure for them by actually getting results in stat significant # of tanks.

theres neat timelapse footage of a crew ridding a tank on ytube
Once a long time ago on reefcentral a marine plant biologist linked me somewhere that showed the vacuole only has reproductive duties on a rare basis, most of the time its water and cellular inclusions not related to reproduction though I cant recall the details.

we classify Valonia as one of the top three invasive plant risks for a tank...requiring surgery for ideal removal. chipped off the rock, universal control. anything shy is not worth the risk. reef excision surgery 100% fact it works. I documented doing it in my tank on page six ish of the p thread here. high def scraping of rock/siphon out

hesitation causes valonia invasions not ever nutrients

still stand by the claim that hesitation is the sole cause and not nutrients of every reef invader just shy of cyanobacteria and a few recurring types of green algae, and that preemptive surface-abrading rasping will arrest 98% of tank invasions and can be proven unique to the tank in question by using a test section.

 

[ChrisAndJulie2012]

Im gonna say myth, mainly cause I had about four areas of this stuff. Nothing too crazy yet, of the 20 bubbles I pulled about five or six had popped. This was about 8 months ago and have not seen any new bubbles.