Bubble algae?

[Gareth elliott]

BA also responds quite well to out of tank treatment of H202. Scrub rock with hard tooth brush.

A 30 second dip of any rocks without coral. Spot treat those with.
Scrub with brush again.
Rinse in wc water, return to tank.

May take a few attempts to get to all of it, but not treating the tank, and not adding a crab.

First attempt i got a mild GHA outbreak, dead algae breaking down.

Next attempt i changed my gfo and carbon and did 15% wc day 3-6 after treatment.

 

[Mikemccafe]

In my tank what started out as one bubble, quickly covered every nook and cranny of my tank, was contemplating taking everything out and scrubbing with tooth brush , but I feared my tank would suffer a set back, I thought about vibrant but I don't like adding unnecessary chemicals to my reef. I bought a couple of emerald crabs and didn't notice much of a difference I added 6 more and then a rabbit fish and in a month every bit of bubble algae is gone. patience is the key

 

[lou dog420]

My magnificent foxface eats it. I also had good success with vibrant.

 

[waxhawreefer]

Just try and siphon it out, use a plastic 3/8” od supply line from Lowe’s cut the large end off then the other on an angle, but some plastic hose that fits over it tightly then get to town on it, the small opening will create a strong siphon, just use the angle end to pry up from the base, try not to pop them but it happens!!

 

[siggy]

My magnificent foxface eats it. I also had good success with vibrant.

Vibrant I read will affect acros and am hesitant to use it, I'm thinking of removing the LR that are infested and doing a reboot, the heavy coralline covered rocks don't seem affected.

 

[Jason mack]

I’ve just ordered a bottle of vibrant .. I have a 90 g with 3 emerald crabs and BA .. so I’m gonna give this stuff a try !

 

[lou dog420]

Vibrant I read will affect acros and am hesitant to use it, I'm thinking of removing the LR that are infested and doing a reboot, the heavy coralline covered rocks don't seem affected.

I have a few acros, I never saw any bad affects. It is some powerful stuff though.

 

[datBme150]

My magnificent foxface eats it. I also had good success with vibrant.

Can a foxface fit in a 40 gallon cube. I have bubble algae and it will come and go and I always have a troop of emeralds. But there are places the crabs can't get too

On a side note. Has anyone ever heard of emeralds liking to eat mushrooms? Particularly, jawbreakers. I am on my 3rd set of emeralds and have lost 3-4 jawbreakers. The JBs just disappear. No other mushroom other than a WWC Disco. They touch nothing else.

 

[jd371]

I just pick them out with tweezers. It's a single cell algae, there is no spores inside that get released when popped, that's not how it reproduces. From Wikipedia "Reproduction occurs by segregative cell division, where the multinucleate mother cell makes daughter cells, and individual rhizoids form new bubbles, which become separate from the mother cell".

 

[lou dog420]

Can a foxface fit in a 40 gallon cube. I have bubble algae and it will come and go and I always have a troop of emeralds. But there are places the crabs can't get too

On a side note. Has anyone ever heard of emeralds liking to eat mushrooms? Particularly, jawbreakers. I am on my 3rd set of emeralds and have lost 3-4 jawbreakers. The JBs just disappear. No other mushroom other than a WWC Disco. They touch nothing else.

Foxface gets rather large, mine is about 6 inches long.

 

[hyprc]

Can a foxface fit in a 40 gallon cube. I have bubble algae and it will come and go and I always have a troop of emeralds. But there are places the crabs can't get too

On a side note. Has anyone ever heard of emeralds liking to eat mushrooms? Particularly, jawbreakers. I am on my 3rd set of emeralds and have lost 3-4 jawbreakers. The JBs just disappear. No other mushroom other than a WWC Disco. They touch nothing else.

Yes if you get a very small juvie (one spot, not the Magnificent). I have one in my display (34 gal) and he's doing great. Just be ready to rehome once he gets larger.

I hope the emerald isn't the issue with your jawbreakers. I have one that's been doing a great job along with the Foxface

 

[atticus]

I just pick them out with tweezers. It's a single cell algae, there is no spores inside that get released when popped, that's not how it reproduces. From Wikipedia "Reproduction occurs by segregative cell division, where the multinucleate mother cell makes daughter cells, and individual rhizoids form new bubbles, which become separate from the mother cell".

This is the first I have heard of this. Everyone stated that if you pop just makes it worst!

 

[Gareth elliott]

This is the first I have heard of this. Everyone stated that if you pop just makes it worst!

There are multiple species even genus’s of what we call bubble algae. Some like Bornetella sphaerica do have spores. While others may not have spores per say but are able to regrow from pieces of the whole. So leaving behind the hold fast or allowing a section removed to stay in the tank, might cause it to grow else where.

 

[atticus]

Yeah. I don’t wanna pop any but I have some deep in some rock so getting them out with out popping may be impossible.

 

[needbiggertanks]

So, purely anectodal, but i had a bubble algae outbreak in a softy/LPS tank after i upgraded. I kept the white lights off for 3 weeks and just the blues on. The BA turned pale, then transluscent then died. A little GHA grew where the BA was dead, then manually pulling the GHA ripped the GHA and the BA remains off the rock. I wasnt worried about losing corals when i did it tho...