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Old 10-17-2017, 08:20 PM
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Are we talking the odd large very green bubble hear and there, or the teardrop shaped stuff that likes to grow in endless sheets all over?
A little bit of both. Some grow in big clumps others are just big green bubbles

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Vibrant caused my bubble algae to waste away into mush and it never did come back, even after stopping use. No emerald crab in the tank now either, been "clean" for ~6 months now.
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My LFS used it as well in their display tank. The bubble algae was horrendous. It slowly destroyed them over a few weeks.
I do not know that much myself about it tbh
I will give vibrant a try. Know of any places to get it in Canada?
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Old 10-17-2017, 08:21 PM
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So no fish?
More emerald crabs and no food. They're cheap
Or do muriatic acid wash on one rock at a time. But research it good. That's nasty $hit but works great.
Don't restart!!
I tried emerald crabs. They barely made a dent. I had 3, maybe I should have got more?
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They only eat the small ones and they dont eat much. Try incredible aquarium they have it
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Old 10-18-2017, 06:58 PM
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Ordered a bottle of vibrant. Will see if it does anything when it comes.
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Old 10-18-2017, 07:05 PM
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Have you read into fluconazole at all? It is generally used for bryopsis algae but i found it pretty much killed all the algae in my tank, leaving my rock clean. Its super safe to use and has no ill effects on any of your livestock.
I also use vibrant and it does work well with algaes also, but i have never really had a serious algae issue always been low nutrient.
Vibrant is not an instant cure for algae, it takes some time to start doing its job and works better for some tanks then others.
If the vibrant doesent work for you i would suggest trying a dosage of fluconazole.
I have both fluconazole and vibrant available.
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Old 10-18-2017, 08:15 PM
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I haven't looked into fluconazole. Looks like it works well for other types of algae.

If vibrant and water changes doesn't work, that will be the next thing I try.
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Old 11-02-2017, 08:33 PM
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Vibrant came on Tuesday, added some to the tank that night. Still haven't seen much difference.

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Old 11-02-2017, 10:11 PM
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I'd suck out some water in to a bucket, transfer the coral and crab into it. Using a stiff brush brush off all the algae from your live rock and get it real clean. Suck or scoop out all of that sand, I don't think you'll get the algae out of it and with a 10 gallon there cant be that much. Clean the algae off the pumps and heater in the sink and get everyting clean as new and re build. Stick new sand in, get a bag of live stuff and you can put it right in. Set your rock back up and do 5 gallons of new water, 5 gallons of old. You shouldnt need to re cycle if you you use the old rock, it will have the bacteria you need on it.

A tank that small overrun that much pretty much needs a total re boot.

Just the way I see it, you can battle that for years but even the nutrient spike by the algae dying will cause your nitrates to skyrocket which in turn will create new algea.
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Old 11-02-2017, 10:56 PM
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After seeing those pics, please re-read post #4.

Good luck.
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Old 11-03-2017, 06:03 AM
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I agree with Wardog, restart. I had the same problem once upon a time, I restarted and took much more care next time around and never saw the stuff again.

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