Bubble Algea

[jlts21]

I dose 18ml since I have a 180 twice a week. No other changes and I keep my nutrients higher. P04 around .08

that's odd. The only difference for me is that I only dose once a week (12ml for 120g). Nitrates are around 2-4 and PO4 is .07 as of Monday
But the 2 doses a week shouldn't matter since it happened after the first dose

 

[Zoaologist]

I’ve had good luck with using vibrant in my tank to get rid of bubble algae also. It didn’t affect my sps.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Ya idk. Sucks cos had a colony of sponge bins in there. Most of them were pandora which were out of control but my dang spongebobs...

Interestingly these are unaffected.

 

[jelee01]

I’m a big believer in vibrant. Worked for me and it‘s now part of my regular dosing/maintenance. The thing with Vibrant - and I don’t think it can be stressed enough - is to follow instructions to the letter AND remain patient. Stuff like bubble algae didn’t happen overnight and vibrant will take some time to ramp up. And of course, always self-evaluate your husbandry, e.g too much feeding... adding frags without carefully inspecting for pests or nuisance algae, etc. Good luck!

P.S. FWIW, it hasn’t effected my SPS either.

 

[Jason boles]

I did not have sps, and I did it the second I notified the algae. I tried removing it by hand for about two weeks and when I kept noticing it I got vibrant.
Took three weeks and the bubble algae turned really pale and just melted away.
I then stopped using vibrant with no ill effects. I did have Zoas, lots, and sps corals.

 

[tweeter]

Watch your soft and LPs corals as well. They will eat em.

I have mostly LPS.. Lobos, acans, etc. I've had emerald crabs for years and never had any problems with them bothering anything in my tank.

 

[Lollipop]

dont kill them - sell them. someone is selling them for $13 on ebay and apparently 18 people bought them. BTW, i got a 16oz bottle of Vibrant to sell. used probably 20ml. $25 shipped.