Green algae balls

[Lfrench]

What are these and is it good or bad?

 

[redfishbluefish]

Bubble algae.....not good.

 

[Neros503]

Looks like bubble algae. It can spread very quickly

 

[redfishbluefish]

Here's a video that talks about removing it:

 

[Sharkbait19]

Get an emerald crab. Though mine is a pain in the neck sometimes, the one thing he is good at is cleaning up bubble algae.

 

[wonroc]

pluck it all out

 

[bigjgmac]

Yep. I’ve had good success pulling it out. Mix up a half gallon of salt water. Pull the rock out. Pull the algae off by hand/tweezers in the sink. Rinse with salt water. Don’t pop the bubbles in your tank.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Get an emerald crab. Though mine is a pain in the neck sometimes, the one thing he is good at is cleaning up bubble algae.

And eating corals lol

 

[Sharkbait19]

And eating corals lol

Haha that’s relatable. I just try hard to keep it well fed

 

[John08007]

Agree, bubble algae, not good. You can't pop them because it will release spores and cause them to spread more.

I had a really bad outbreak, covered the inside of my overflow. I used a vac and pulled them out with tweezers while sucking the water from around it. My plan was to suck out the spores while removing the bubbles. I also dosed vibrant for several weeks. That along with emerald crabs took care of them for me.