BrunoSnow Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I would like to read your opinons about this subject... Are bubble algae a real menace to a reef tank, should they be eliminate from the tank, if so why? And the best method to do it? Emeral crab or fish? Thks Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I simply remove it by hand so it doesn't get out of control. I carefully remove it. My emerald crab didn't touch any of it. Link to comment
kimsreef2sea Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 agree with above, also I will turn off pumps, and remove with syphon. Are you sure its bubble algae tho? Link to comment
Mariaface Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I do think it's a menace - it will happily choke out other inhabitants, like filter feeders, corals, etc. An emerald crab fixed most of mine, but keep in mind that they can't get everywhere and popping the bubbles does release spores. After the emerald crab, my issue got way worse. I agree with manual removal and siphoning out as you pop, but what eventually got rid of it all for me was Vibrant, which I'm grateful for Link to comment
brandon429 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 the top three invaders that would cause me to take harsh surgical action due to invasion risk valonia bryopsis invasive dino species all else is easy. cyano and diatoms are so easy to beat in a nano reef =not a concern. Link to comment
billdeluz Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Remove with a siphon and I like to scratch the area with something to remove the base or it will come back and then a little emerald crab will help also I dose peroxide but remember the crab is not as good as you in ridding it stay on top of it and you will get rid of it Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I do think it's a menace - it will happily choke out other inhabitants, like filter feeders, corals, etc. An emerald crab fixed most of mine, but keep in mind that they can't get everywhere and popping the bubbles does release spores. After the emerald crab, my issue got way worse. I agree with manual removal and siphoning out as you pop, but what eventually got rid of it all for me was Vibrant, which I'm grateful for You had success with vibrant riding your tank of it? Link to comment
Mariaface Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 You had success with vibrant riding your tank of it? Absolutely! I just didn't do it very intelligently - the bubbles lightened, then went thin and more or less dissolved, and haven't come back since. Bryopsis took advantage of the nutrients released by decaying bubbles (one tiny patch on one tiny frag turned into a hot mess), but now that hasn't grown back in weeks and is melting as well, isolated to one rock. And following that, cyano took over because I let nitrates bottom out for too long (NYFishies saw the same in his tank, and I saw it in my freshwater tank). The lack of nitrates is where my hitchhiking macros began to melt, too. Now I dose vibrant with Seachem nitrogen, and the cyano's fading away as the bryopsis melts. I don't really dose it weekly. I did the first dose following the instructions, and now I add a few drops on an almost-daily basis (and bring nitrates back up to 2-3ppm). From what I understand, there's a strain of bacteria in the bottle that adheres to the algae's cell wall and uses the algae's nutrients - I don't think it lives the one or two weeks the instructions advise (but don't quote me; I can't remember where I read it), so I replenish it by dosing a small amount daily. Basically I learned the Redfield ratio and proceeded to ignore it, and consequences followed. Just like I forgot the importance of turning the alk doser schedule off when alk tested too high, and didn't keep testing alk Link to comment
mmoner Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 A juvenile foxface will clean it all if you have plenty of space for that spieces. Once the fish grow and taken out from tank, bubbles slowy come back though. Link to comment
RotaryReef Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I removed a frag from my tank in which bubble algae started popping up. I twisted the bubbles off with tweezers (outside of tank) and then rinsed off the frag. It was re-inserted into the tank and its been over a month since I've seen any bubble algae! Just be sure they don't pop in your tank since that is how they will spread. Link to comment
BrunoSnow Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 I had a few problems whit mi phone... it take a dive in my tank so... I was away for a wille until mi new phone arrived from china... lol Some bubble algae is starting to apear in mi tank i try to remove it by hand but some burst so i hope mi UV does the job bi killing the spores lets see what happens Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Bubble algae is pretty inevitable. I just remove them as i see them Link to comment
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