Bubble algae!

[IDAN]

I notice in my tank a few spot of bubble algae, where they are coming from and why?
The most important is how to get rid of them??

 

[reef lover]

Get under the base of them with a utensil ...i use a scalpel. And pry them off and remove.

 

[Jon Fishman]

Emerald Crabs

 

[watdachuck]

Sally Lightfoots get after it as well.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I agree with manual removal. I would use my fingernail to get under the bubble. Never broke one doing it.

 

[cracker]

Manually remove as many as possible & look into your nutrients . Bubble is some tough stuff !

 

[khushtram]

Manual removal and emerald crabs worked for me

 

[Billdogg]

Manual removal works fine if you get and stay on top of it now. If not, it will quickly become a huge issue.

I allowed it to get the better of me, and after months of battle, resorted to the use of Vibrant. It took about a month of dosing it at ~2x the recommended dosage until I started seeing results. It's been about a year now and I have not seen a sign of it since. It came in in the water or attached to a frag. Careful inspection is the key to avoiding it's return. I now spend way more time looking at new additions and the plugs they come in on. If there is any doubt, I carefully bathe the plug in hydrogen peroxide for 15 -20 seconds, rinse in a bowl of tank water and then introduce the frag into the tank.

hth

 

[jtl]

Manual removal works for us. Gently remove the bubble with a tool of choice or a fingernail if you have a long ones. Just be gentle, they are quite durable but you can pop them in which case the algae will spread. I am not a fan of using crabs, they will simply puncture the bubble.

 

[Mical]

Emerald crabs are a 50/50 shot, I had better luck with a one spot foxface. He just "hoovered" a rock I had covered in them (he also doubled in size...lol)

 

[Duffer]

I agree with manual removal...

Here’s a question I always read folks state don’t burst them or else they will spread, but if you get a crab or fish that will eat the bubble algae I don’t think they swallow them whole so they must burst!

 

[TX_Punisher]

Vibrant worked but it took almost 3 months at twice a week dosage.

Also, watch your no3. I had to dose to keep them up as the vibrant drive them down.

 

[IDAN]

I took few rocks out for cleaning, I notice that inside the rock (places that is really hard to get into) there is a lot of very small bubbles.
I ended up taking this 2 rocks out of the tank, it was way easier then try (impossible) to rich the bubbles.
I am going to bleach the rocks and let them die ( probably 2 months outside) before I'll put them back.

Emerald crabs are a 50/50 shot, I had better luck with a one spot foxface. He just "hoovered" a rock I had covered in them (he also doubled in size...lol)

My blue tank will kill this guy 4 sure, like he did to my other tangs, for some reason he is very aggressive lol (love this guy!)

I'll start dosing the Vibrant just in case there is places I didn't find out yet and will add crabs also.
From where do I buy Vibrant?


thanks for all your helps!

 

[JAMSOURY]

Lol I got a fox face for this purpose. For some reason he doesn’t touch the bubble algae

 

[HB AL]

My naso and clown trigger absolutely love them. They’ve cleared out visible ones, but if I grab a colony of something and hold it upside down they rush to it and go to town on what they couldn’t previously reach.

 

[IDAN]

looks like everyone have this problem with these bubbles