Bubble algae help

Tang4Life · #1 01-10-2014, 03:22 AM

How do get rid of these dam bubble algae? Getting more more more more my nano. Thank you in advance

Wheelman76 · #2 01-10-2014, 03:48 AM

Emerald crabs worked well for me

Lance · #3 01-10-2014, 03:49 AM

Yeah bubble algae sucks! You can try removing by hand but be careful not to burst the bubbles. The spores released start new bubbles, so they say. A Mithrax crab is another option.

Coral Hoarder · #4 01-10-2014, 03:57 AM

use a fork to remove them or pull em of by hand out of the water

asylumdown · #5 01-10-2014, 04:01 AM

if you find a solution let me know. I have ones the size of mandarin oranges in my system. I've got emerald crabs and a doliatus rabbitfish and they have yet to make any headway.

NIVLEM09 · #6 01-10-2014, 04:37 AM

Get a flexible tube that's big enough to siphon the Valonia and use a knife/scalpel to loosen them up.make sure you turn the power heads and return pumps off,so you don't end up spreading the spores!

craigwmiller · #7 01-10-2014, 05:22 AM

Remove as many as possible by hand. During a water change I would fill 2 - 5 gallon pails... pull the rock out, pull as many as possible off in to the garbage, then pop/etc the rest, and scrub as much residue as possible... Then rinse the rock in both buckets before going back to the tank.

Then get some (red elbow) Emerald Crabs