Oh no! Bubble Algae spotted...what next?

[RaymondL]

I exam my tank often, and today I found about 6 or so round green bubbles on the stalk of a Duncan coral - I carefully inspected the rock, and other corals, etc, and thankfully none are to be found.

I'm assuming and confident that these are bubble algae. Should I pull out the Duncan out of the tanks, scrape the stalk with a credit card, rinse it with RODI water, and put 3.25% peroxide on the stalk, and rinse with tank water and then put it back in the tank? Trying to determine what the best steps are to remove and prevent future outbreak.

How long can I have the Duncan Coral out of water?

Appreciate the help.

 

[KyRo]

2 emerald crabs cleaned up my bubble algae last year in like 3 days

 

[biecacka]

Manually remove it if you can. Best option in my opinion.


corey

 

[Pistondog]

They twist off easy.

 

[RaymondL]

2 emerald crabs cleaned up my bubble algae last year in like 3 days

Hmmm, interesting - is there a specific kind of emerald crab, or are they all the same. 3 days is fast - how bad was the outbreak?

 

[RaymondL]

Manually remove it if you can. Best option in my opinion.


corey

Thanks...I'll take out the coral and use a towel and wipe the stalk down and rinse a few times with water