What's the first thing you do when you see it? Panic?

[Jose A Venereo]

Identify the algae. Research and treat according to species.

 

[tmercer]

I get lost with all the acronyms people through around. I can't keep up. How about a little plain English for us older folks still in the Hobie. Guess I'll try to start with GHA ??

 

[NigelRichardson]

Algae???? What is algae?? I bought a baby tang who i was blissfully unaware was actually a hyperactive puppy going through a growth spurt. He neverrrrr stops eating. Nori, flakes, frozen, picking at the rocks...now I have to give the crabs algae sticks and he tries to steal it from their claws. If a large cheese pizza fell in the tank he'd eat that too.
#WhatwasIthinking

I'm picking up 2 x tangs tomorrow, and am hoping they're the same...

Oh - and we also got a puppy recently - a real puppy - and he's exactly as you describe - he'll eat anything that moves... and then anything that doesnt move as dessert...

 

[SmugglersReef]

Take the bubble algae out. Use a rigid tube with a hose and turn off the filter and pumps. Suck it out and all the water around it. Don’t assume emerald crabs will eat it.