Gave In

[Parker]

I finally decided I have lost my battle with bubble algae. Today I boiled 85% of my live rock.. I hope this works.. last thing I want to do is buy more..

I do have one question though, I have a 3 headed Candy Cane frag that is covered in red bubble algae, how do I rid it of algae without harming the coral, or is this possible?

[Chaloupa]

you "boiled" as in with hot water?

[Parker]

Yep, as a last ditch effort. I now have 85% base rock and 15% live. I should have tanken pictures of how bad it got. You couldn't see some of the rock at all for the algae. The next step was to cook it for months or boil it or buy completly new rock.

[Chaloupa]

WOW you must have been desperate! Oh well, at least you have a fresh start and with the live rock hopefully it won't take long to seed the base!

[DanG]

Many people have success with emerald crabs eating bubble algae. When I had one, he made quick work of all the bubbles in the tank and never touched anything else.

[Chad]

Too bad about boiling it, "cooking" it in the dark for a couple of months would have done the trick, but thats only good if you have the patience to wait it out. Boiling the rock, your tank is going to cycle for sure with all the now dead organisms in that rock.