green bubble algae

ReeferRookie · Sep 26, 2014

How do i get rid of it ? I only have 2 that i notice and see its on.the rock that my anem is attached to ... Dont want to disturb him

KorD · Sep 26, 2014

grab it lightly with tweesers and pull them off, or you could get an emerald crab to eat it off the rocks/corals

mrcoffee2 · Sep 26, 2014

ReeferRookie said:
How do i get rid of it ? I only have 2 that i notice and see its on.the rock that my anem is attached to ... Dont want to disturb him

If you pop one of those bubbles in your tank then its everywhere. take the effected rock out, carefully cut the bubbles off. Scrub the area with a soft bristle brush, rinse it. Then place it back into the tank

trueblackpercula · Sep 26, 2014

remove the entire rock from the tank if you can and remove them. if the algea bubble burst in the water column it will casue more to grow. There are emerald crabs ( females ) that eat it very affectivily. good luck and keep us posted

dwebb1031 · Sep 28, 2014

Emeralds for sure

75g reef

ReeferRookie · Sep 29, 2014

I havnt. Bougbt or touched it yet. I still only have the two. Bubbles ive been tryimg to encourage my anem off the rock

Steven C · Sep 30, 2014

How reef safe are the emerald crabs also with fish and inverts cause i have a large problem with bubble algea

Sn4k33Y3z · Sep 30, 2014

I never understood the theory to "be careful when removing bubble algae as you don't want it to pop". Emerald crabs don't eat them whole... they pop! So I'm confused LOL.

NanaReefer · Sep 30, 2014

Sn4k33Y3z said:
I never understood the theory to "be careful when removing bubble algae as you don't want it to pop". Emerald crabs don't eat them whole... they pop! So I'm confused LOL.

They actually siphon the spores from inside the bubble.

joshbbert · Sep 30, 2014

NanaReefer said:
They actually siphon the spores from inside the bubble.

Good to know!!

Steven C · Oct 1, 2014

so in a bigger tank like my 56 column tank i was told to get multiple emerald crabs is this ok and how many do you guys think is fine?

dwebb1031 · Oct 1, 2014

I have two in my 75 gal could probably use 1 or 2 more. It really depends on the rest of your clean up crew, you don't wanna over crowd and a nice even distribution of critters for every clean up job is good.

75g reef