Bubble algae

[Shy519]

If you can remove the piece it's on I've found the best way to remove it is with fingers then rinse what it was on before returning to the tank, but if they are really small bubbles a toothbrush works fantastically. I trim the sides of the brush until there's about a half centimeter mohawk down the middle. I find it great for removing any nuisance algae or detritus in between frag polyps. As long as you're delicate it won't bother soft polyps IME

 

[rc1626]

After dealing with this stuff for years in my old tank I was trying to avoid it when I set up my current one. Sure enough I began to see some bubbles forming most likely from some corals that were moved over. Not one to like to add chemicals to my tank I debated the use of API algaefix marine. I finally went ahead with it along with adding a couple of emerald crabs. I followed the directions and it took about 3 weeks of dosing to rid my tank of the bubbles. This was probably a year or more ago. Unfortunately I never documented it so exact timing is unknown.
I'm assuming that part of my success was that the algae was at its early stages......I did not have a lot. Im also assuming that the algaefix marine was the main force in my success but could never be sure. Never had to manually remove as if I remember correctly they just faded in color and eventually were gone. Never noticed emeralds eating it but never really watched them that closely. Just wanted to share my experience with using it in hope it may help others esp. OP.