I do that when my arm is in the tank for something. The problem is, if I see, say, 15 bubbles, maybe 5 of them are in a spot I can actually get at and there's probably another dozen in places I can't even see them.
He already put those wheels in motion when he said
I have a 40 gallon, so I have the same problem with bubble algae. I have a emerald crab, but it can't keep up or doesn't like it.
Not to veer off toping but it kind of relates. About 2 years ago I had bubble algae and my LFS who I trust told me to triple dose fluconazole. The results were that the bubble algae began to turn pearly and die off with no negative side effect to my tank inhabitants. That included acros, lps, inverts, and a medium large maxima clam. I was also doing and icp test during this time and find no worry some traces to be concerned about except dangerously high iodine which was my fault as I was dosing a cap of iodine in my top of water for over a year and not checking. Sadly like someone pointed out fluconazole is not available in many countries so it would not be an end all for everyone. Here is the latest video I saw the other day of someone doing 4x the dose on sps dominant system with no ill effects.
So... not to veer off topic... just poking fun... I am sure we could all point to a reefing product that lead us astray. Either lack of information or lack of dosing directions, what ever it may be, we have all been there. I have personally dosed Fluconazole products from two different popular brands that are selling the stuff. I wouldn't dose it a three times the recommended amount but let's set that aside. I dosed the first time and fell in love, results as advertised, a few years later I dosed again, results as advertised. This is fantastic. A few years later I dose again and devastation, I lose half of my livestock. This is not a story, this actually happened.
Good to know. Next time I come around to using it I will dig deeper. The guy in the vid definitely laid it on THICCC lol. A little too much for comfort. I imagine if he did 4x dose of vibrant it would have been a different story for him.
Same here and normally I'd keep my mouth shut, but I figure after a month, multiple threads and thousands of posts they already know exactly what they need to say to mitigate as much fallout as possible. We've told them which 'answers' will tick people off more, which answers are most likely to put fears to rest and everything in between. We've put together a nice focus group for them to gauge reactions with.
I'm not terribly worried. I don't mind a few bubbles just like I don't mind some hair algae flowing in the current. I just don't want it to take over.
I fully support this emoji
I'm glad you brought up bulbs Randy. I've become a hoarder of dead bulbs because I still have to find out where I can dispose of them safely given they aren't supposed to go in the trash. Hopefully my comment has broken up the stream of consciousness as to whether putting anything toxic down the drain is OK. ;-)
Lol a new "stream" was started in a new thread by someone that can't let that go. Anyway, my county as well as others should have a hazmat area where you can drop of literally anything, esp bulbs, paints and chemicals for free. You can check your areas trash/recycling center page.
I totally agree about a hazmat area for stuff like that. Actually what I would also like to see is a separate bin for our homes that get collected by the city just like trash, etc. and it gets put in a hazmat area to be dealt with Make it easy for people which will help keep this stuff out of the trash. Although I don't know how some of this stuff can be dealt with. We've created a monster with a lot of the stuff we use. I definitely have to search my city's site for where the disposal area is. Having said that it's probably way out in no man's land like a lot of the other disposal areas . Aaargh!
