Bubble Algae Remedy Needed

[MONTANTK]

Anyone have a good remedy for bubble algae? It’s slowly starting to take over the tank and it’s in some pretty hard to reach spots. I bought an emerald crab but he doesn’t seem to interested and he would probably spread it anyway. I think I’ve heard of flucanazol working but also heard it will kill coral. Any ideas?

 

[tanked4u]

I had a fairly severe bubble algae outbreak at one point. A combination of Vibrant, an emerald crab and consistent water changes knocked it out, but it took about 2 months.

The emerald crab definitely ate some of the bubble algae, but there is no way he could have removed it all by himself. It was everywhere.

 

[bobnicaragua]

A one spot foxface will usually take care of it. Sailfin tangs will sometimes eat it also.

 

[MONTANTK]

A one spot foxface will usually take care of it. Sailfin tangs will sometimes eat it also.

Tang police would have a hay day with me if I put a sailfin in my 7.5g tank

 

[RuuToo]

Everywhere I have emerald crabs, I have no bubble algae. It can take a while, but manual removal of the big stuff and a couple of emeralds (or more, depending upon tank size) would be safest to start

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

I had BA REALLY bad about two years ago. The first thing I had to figure out was; what was the issue allowing BA to take over. For me it was feeding too much and not being consistent with my nutrient export. I had to do the following to get it under control (in order of what I think worked the best):

Took out my rockscape (where I could) and scraped off as much BA as possible followed by a quick h2o2 bath.

Fed less food (we feed our fish too much anyways!)

Increased the flow in the tank significantly.

Increased skimmer to wet-skim until BA got under control. I have mostly a softie tank so they like the water to be a bit dirty.

Increased my photoperiod of my refugium and removed chateo on a regular basis. Before I would let it just keep growing and growing.
3 emerald crabs.

In the end I eradicated about 95% of the BA and don't have an issue anymore. As long as you find the sweet spot for nutrient export BA will have a hard time taking a hold of your tank.

 

[MONTANTK]

I had BA REALLY bad about two years ago. The first thing I had to figure out was; what was the issue allowing BA to take over. For me it was feeding too much and not being consistent with my nutrient export. I had to do the following to get it under control (in order of what I think worked the best):

Took out my rockscape (where I could) and scraped off as much BA as possible followed by a quick h2o2 bath.

Fed less food (we feed our fish too much anyways!)

Increased the flow in the tank significantly.

Increased skimmer to wet-skim until BA got under control. I have mostly a softie tank so they like the water to be a bit dirty.

Increased my photoperiod of my refugium and removed chateo on a regular basis. Before I would let it just keep growing and growing.
3 emerald crabs.

In the end I eradicated about 95% of the BA and don't have an issue anymore. As long as you find the sweet spot for nutrient export BA will have a hard time taking a hold of your tank.

I’m going to try and do water changes more often while I get my new tank set up. I haven’t been doing them simply because my nutrients have been in check for the most part