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Hi -- My name is Cathy and I am relatively new to Reef2Reef. I am so happy to have found a place with so much great information.

I have a salt water tank, established for about 1 year now and I absolutely love it.

Lately, I've noticed an extreme amount of green bubble algae. Does anyone know how to control it?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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Cathy Albino said:
Hi -- My name is Cathy and I am relatively new to Reef2Reef. I am so happy to have found a place with so much great information.

I have a salt water tank, established for about 1 year now and I absolutely love it.

Lately, I've noticed an extreme amount of green bubble algae. Does anyone know how to control it?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Emerald crabs are known to eat bubble algae
 
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Cathy Albino said:
THANKS!! I'll give them a try. Do you know if they will get along with Clownfish, Angelfish and Chromis?
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They should, just keep an eye on it, they have been rumored to eat certain corals when hungry enough :) Otherwise you can also use a turkey baster to suck them out.
 
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hi cathy! welcome. i also have bubble algae. i just live with it. :) I find it actually pretty attractive and it doesn't bother anything. you will hear people say not to pop them or it will release spores and make more bubble algae. but, then the same people will say that mithrax crabs eat it. but, i'm pretty sure that in order for a mithrax crab to eat bubble algae it has to pop them to do it. so, i don't believe any of those theories. just scrape it off if you want. or be like me and just leave it.
 
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Hi, welcome to the forum.

A bit of bubble algae won't hurt as long as it's kept under control. There are quite a few ways to vanquish bubble algae (valonia) and similar species. First is simple manual removal. They are usually pretty easy to pry off in groups and remove from the tank. If you can get them out intact great but don't be overly concerned about puncturing them, especially if they are small (sporulation may not have occurred inside yet). Also, if some get free and out into the water, it helps to have a hungry herbivore or two around. My hepatus tang won't look twice at intact bubble algae but will enthusiastically eat them if I break them up first. Emerald (Mithrax) crabs might eat bubble algae but it's hit or miss and they can well choose to go for other algae first. If your tank is big enough (>130g or so), you can get a Foxface rabbitfish which will reportedly snarf bubble algae down fast, although I've never kept one myself. Make sure you nitrate and phosphate aren't elevated. I personally would save all chemical means of control for last.
 
Welcome to R2R!!! I have also used vibrant in the past to kill bubble algae. It worked very well for me, using the smallest recommended dose over 3 months it killed all visable bubbles. My foxface and gold rim tang also est bubble algae that they can get to (none right now). I have a little bubble algae in another tank and I haven't done anything about it. A little won't hurt anything, but if it gets out of control it is a pain. Treatment or removal of some sort should probably take place between a little bubble algae and a lot of bubble algae. Good luck! Glad you joined R2R!
 
Cathy, welcome to R2R and the community!!:)
 
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