Eggs are taking over my tank!!!

[Merco_nut]

I am not sure but I think these eggs are coming from the one clownfish in my tank. These eggs are everywhere and starting to take over all surfaces in the tank. They are starting to impede on my corrals. If not clownfish, then what kind of eggs are these? What can I do to remove them or slow them down?????

 

[Cell]

Bubble algae. Not eggs.

 

[DeniseAndy]

That is bubbly algae. Yes it can take over quick. Not sure how large your tank is, so I suggest a couple mithrax crabs. Emeralds specifically.

 

[ying yang]

+1 bubble algae .

 

[Tamberav]

Bubble algae as others said, manual removal.. have to keep it up as it will come back for awhile. Emerald crabs tend to eat it too.

 

[ying yang]

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

Here some of the more common hitchhikers for you to look at as sure you will see more in time

 

[ying yang]

Reef Cleaners

A good guide to identify most of the nuisance algae that plagues the hobby. Complete with pictures and suggested treatments

www.reefcleaners.org

And here some common algaes.

Goodluck and hope you get great enjoyment from your tank ^_^

 

[Ancient Mariner]

Battling bubble algae is a long term chore. Some will recommend an algaecide (eg Vibrant) or a clean up crew (eg emerald crabs and tangs). I do not use any chemical treatment nor do I have any clean up crew (except tangs which do nothing for my bubble algae). I have approached it this way: 1) A thorough one time scrubbing of all rock and removal with brush and tweezers as much of the bubble algae as possible 2) keeping nutrients (nitrate and phosphates) as low as possible (mine are both at 0) 3) regular harvesting of bubble algae as they become visible (can become a twice weekly chore or even more frequent!). It will feel futile early on but as your reef progresses with nutrient competitors (eg corals and macroalgae) the bubble algae will become manageable. At the 2 year mark I have gotten to the point of weekly or biweekly hunt and destroy sessions.

 

[Merco_nut]

That is bubbly algae. Yes it can take over quick. Not sure how large your tank is, so I suggest a couple mithrax crabs. Emeralds specifically.

Thank you for the feedback. This algae is everywhere! I could never manually remove it from my tank. Can I put more than one Emerald in my 100 gallon mixed reef tank?? Can I use Vibrant for reef???

 

[DeniseAndy]

If you can siphon out some as you scrape during a water change, that will help. In that size tank you can get 10 emeralds for that growth. I would suggest a foxface as they are great with bubble alge, but 100g is a bit small for these guys.

I do not know if Vibrant would be helpful. I have tried for hair algae, but not see any real changes. I think it works from some not others.

 

[AdamD76]

Algae eggs.

 

[brandon429]

you'll never catch me recommending water dosers for big invasions

but for valonia, in a huge reef, to that degree, all my chips on vibrant. and though I rail on it for being part of loss threads, so is kalk. it has the highest % kill of valonia over any doser I've seen, to the point I think its the only thing worth trying for that degree above. if it was all just on one rock I'd kill the rock, dry it, then put it back. but that above, vibrant in its recommended dose.

 

[Vinman]

Vibrant for reefs 6 to 9 weeks gone