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adidas 05-02-2007 05:52 PM

my rabbit and sailfin eats it but i love my guys too much to sell.

ClubReef 05-02-2007 06:21 PM

I had a bad case of Valonia outbreak 6 months ago. I bought a couple of emerald crabs and they really attacked the small and medium sized bubbles..they don't really touch the larger ones. I cleaned up the larger ones by popping them with a bbq skewer, pretty much eliminated all of them. People say that popping them will only spread and propogate the algae..but in my experience this was not the case. My bubbles have been controlled and I won't hesitate to pop any larger ones in the future. This is my first hand experience.

Psyire 05-02-2007 06:32 PM

I have a 6" magnificent foxface that loves the stuff. However it would take far more than $150 to get me to part with him. :)

Skimmerking 05-02-2007 06:48 PM

Go to J&L and get a moorish Idol they will due a huge impact on that stuff i put a years pay of my salary @59,000 per year

Ruth 05-02-2007 07:51 PM

Chin - when you find a fish for $150 that will eat your bubbles LMK and I can sell you my bubble algea for another $150 so you can keep it fed:mrgreen: :lol:

Der_Iron_Chef 05-02-2007 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruth (Post 250084)
Chin - when you find a fish for $150 that will eat your bubbles LMK and I can sell you my bubble algea for another $150 so you can keep it fed:mrgreen: :lol:

LOL. Nice.

marie 05-02-2007 08:26 PM

Chin, I have a foxface that will eat all the smaller bubble algae, you can have him if you come and catch him (and while your at it catch the @#$^&* angel as well :razz: )

SeaHorse_Fanatic 05-02-2007 08:39 PM

Road trip!!!!:biggrin:

Whatcha say Chin, got some free time to hop the ferry to PR?

Trust me, well worth the trip to check out Marie's tank in person.

Anthony

BMW Rider 05-03-2007 01:38 AM

The only thing the foxface I had would eat was nori. Never touched ANY algae :twised: . I started to get a bunch of valonia a few months ago, so i got a single emerald crab. Its doing a fine job of chowing down on it.

Now I just need to find something that eats grape calurpa. Oh, and hair algae, always seem to have a few patches of that stuff around too.

seashells 05-03-2007 04:03 AM

Just put a rock with bubble from the Q tank into the main tank....Bubble gone over night....Think it was the sailfin...didnt see it though. He is getting big for the tank...might lend him out till we get the 260 in... Wish I could say for sure it was him.


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