What's your favorite fish for eating bubble algae?

[NanaReefer]

what is a Vibrant? please be specific. what kind of Fox face has worked for you?

There is no known fish that eats Bubble Algae. The Emerald Crab is hit or miss.
Manual removal or Vibrant are the most successful methods of removal today.

 

[Lisa Maxwell]

One inch of Manatee for every 6 gallons of water.

Absolutely love this post!

 

[Lisa Maxwell]

Vibrant got rid of mine too.

I was wondering if you noticed any negative effects from using the Vibrant product? Thank you

 

[Lisa Maxwell]

I used Vibrant for two months and my bubble algae all disappeared.

Hi,
Did you have any negative effects from the Vibrant?
Thank you

 

[donnievaz]

Vibrant and and an Emerald completely eradicated my tank of BA.

 

[Lisa Maxwell]

Thank you!

 

[flowerqueen]

What do u feed a foxface after they wipe out all the algae in the tank? Mine has cleaned the whole tank in a week now I'm not sure what to feed him

I've had my Foxface for 2 1/2 years now. He's my Baby!!! He will eat out of my hand but must be careful of the Fins!!! He does eat anything but loves frozen Mysis, Brine or any frozen food! I thaw and feed with a turkey baster. He sucks on the end like a baby drinking from a Bottle! Lol my Desjardini Sailfin is the same except he's the Bully of the Tank!!! No injuries but charges everyone!! I have a 150 gal reef with lots of Fishies!

 

[WWIII]

My Magnificent Foxface does pick at algae in the tank, but can't say for sure I've seen him eat bubble algae. My gold rim tang however will absolutely devour bubble algae. I once put a small rock with zoas on it covered in bubble algae in my tank and it was completely cleaned of only the bubble algae within a minute.

 

[roberthu526]

I was wondering if you noticed any negative effects from using the Vibrant product? Thank you

It got rid of the bubble algae in my 40 as well. Took about two months but my tank was spotless.
Negative effect is after that I thought I mastered the hobby and stopped using it. And three months later the tank was full of hair algae. Now I am back on the routine...

 

[dragonfish]

my achiles tang does the job for me

 

[3mm3]

Powder Brown tang

 

[Lisa Maxwell]

I had been battling bubble algae for over two years - at times, I almost tore down my 75gal mixed reef. Despite all my efforts of controlling phosphate and DOM's, as well as physical removal, there were bubbles on everything! Emerald crabs really didn't do it for me and I prefer to no use harsh chemicals to correct underlying problems. However, after reading so many posts about the Fox Face Rabbit Fish, I bought one for my tank. That was 5 weeks ago. Yesterday, I found one bubble. This youngster rabbit fish cleaned up all the bubbles - even off of my circulation pumps. Finally, I have a bubble-free tank and a striking addition to my fish population. I would like to try hand feeding like "Flowerqueen" mentioned above.

 

[Paul B]

Hi,
Did you have any negative effects from the Vibrant?
Thank you

I never used it in my tank, but I put a little on my cereal every morning and not only does it keep crabs off of me, but I used to have a full head of hair.

 

[Lisa Maxwell]

I never used it in my tank, but I put a little on my cereal every morning and not only does it keep crabs off of me, but I used to have a full head of hair.

Well thank goodness you don't have crabs; less hair, less shampoo and visits to the barber!

 

[Steve30642]

I used Vibrant for two months and my bubble algae all disappeared.

How much did you use and how often each week? I am using it, but it has dropped my nitrates to 0, even though I have doubled my feeding. 45 gal mixed reef.

 

[Fishnfun]

Another vote for vibrant. Got rid of mine in about 3 weeks.

 

[i cant think]

I have found foxfaces to be excellent eaters of bubble and macro algae’s (also hair algae). Although you will need Atleast 4’x2’ of tank for these guys, I’ve had mine in my 4’ tank for two years now and he was bought at about 3.5” and has grown to Atleast 5” if not 5.5”. I have certainly found mine to be growing slowly to his max size. I have Siganus magnificus and to me these guys are VERY different to the other more common yellow foxfaces (Onespot and common). I say that because of both their colour and their personality, mine seems to perch much more than the yellows do and seems to be less of a swimmer and more of a perching fish. I have found most magnificent S to be like this and if you have a nice tank size for one, I recommend it! They can sometimes nip at Zoas although I find this to be in more of the “True” rabbitfish (Blue stripe, gold spot ect..).

 

[HB AL]

Clown trigger and Naso tangs.

 

[steven m]

My Red Sea sailfin and one spot foxface cleaned up my dt, only place left with bubble algae is in the overflow section. I don’t like emerald crabs because I saw one going mad eating my amaze balls Goni frag.

 

[MillennialReefer]

My favorite fish is my hand lol. I find that removing as much as you can at first then adding a fish or invert to keep it at bay worked for me.