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reeftivo
skim junkie
don't pop those or they will spread
you can remove them manually by lifting them from the base with tweazers at the stems. just be careful not to pop them
mithrax crabs will occasionally eat them but are hit or miss.
you can remove them manually by lifting them from the base with tweazers at the stems. just be careful not to pop them
mithrax crabs will occasionally eat them but are hit or miss.
EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
Absolutely false. You can pop the bubbles if you want - it WILL NOT cause it to spread. What CAN happen is that any remaining part of the bubble's "skin" that stays attached to the rock/frag can regrow.
reeftivo
skim junkie
apologies! i shouldn't have made a blanket statement like that without looking into more recent info. Thanks for the schooling. It had been a long while since i had a bubble algae outbreak so i have not seen many of the more recent info. last time i dealt with it in any significant amount was years and years ago. back then it was common practice to avoid popping them because the thought then was they would spread. I see that there has been much more research done.
saw a few posts similar to this which has opened my eyes. Now i feel better about the stuff
Much has been said about the danger of liberating spores when popping the vesicles of bubble algae. This is particularly true for members of Order Valoniaceae, but even then, the vesicles are said to be a sporulant risk only when having reached at least a third of their full size. Even if spores escape when you botch the job of vesicle-removal ('vesectomy', anyone?), those escapee spores have to run the gauntlet of herbivorous filter feeders, filtration equipment, and the wild lottery of hitting a good, unoccupied spot to settle and grow. Those spores will eventually be released anyway if you don't remove the vesicles.
