hi all,
a friend of mine has got lr but its got bubble algae on it
i know or thought somewhere on here someone had the
same prob,
could you either put me in the right direction please
or let me know how i could help him thanks
he does not have this in his tank yet its not set up
lr in large container in ro water,heater etc
thanks again for any advice here

Emerald Crabs usually do a good job of Valonia or bubble algae removal for me.
I would try manual removal first before adding it to the tank then let the crabs do the rest.

+1 on the emerald crab.. I have one in my tank, he grazes on everything like a midnight algae buffet.

cheers both will let him know

RO water, or saltwater? If in RO, you will probably kill off all the beneficial bacteria!

esplode it!

A bunch of folks think emerald crabs are a pain, and I can sort of understand why, but I can buy the nastiest frag from my LFS and the next day it's clean as a whistle, thanks to the emeralds. I'll take emeralds crawling on corals over nuisance algae any day!

cheers he only has it in a bucket atm ro water so i think he is scrubbing it
thanks for help though

I wouldn't scrub bubble algae as that would release the spores. Instead, I would remove the spheres using your fingers. They are firm to the touch and break off of the rock very easily. Best and easiest method.