Green Bubble Algae Invasion

[marinelife]

I am trying to help out a buddy with his alge issue. Here is his deal:

I just recently set up a new tank. The tank is a 150g deep dimension. I decided to use Pukani rock which I purchased from a reputable reef shop. The rock had been in his system holding vats when I purchased it. So, I take the rock home and cure it for about a month in my 40 breeder QT tank. I then placed this rock in my new 150 set up and ran for approx two weeks before adding my sand. I then began lighting the tank with two 150w MH that I had used on my previous tanks with brand new bulbs installed. I transfered my existing rock from my 30g finnex and the corals over a period of 2-3 weeks to the new tank. I am using the ESV salt mix and had great results in my 30g with it. That is the rundown.
About a month ago I noticed bubble algae beginning to appear on the Pukani rock, so I researched this algae and started manually removing the bubbles. I did make the mistake of not having my fuge set up with macro algae to compete with nuisance algaes. Needless to say, Every piece of the Pukani rock is covered with bubble algae. My Tonga Kaelini rock that I transfered from my 30g shows no signs of bubble algea. I have tried everything that has been suggested to me thus far. Fuge has cheato, running a Octopus sss1000 cone skimmer, carbon, phosban, water changes, addition of emerald crabs and a Kole tang, I have a large CUC and change filter sock twice a week.
Does anyone here have any advice, experience, knowledge of what I can do to erradicate this pest algae? Short of removing the rock and starting over, which I am seriously considering.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.
Thank you
Andy

What are you thoughts?

 

[Anonymous]

I used BRS(Bulk Reef Supply) GFO and forceps to remove it manually.

 

[Anonymous]

Someone recommended a foxface to me. I haven't tried that yet, but after a major water change, if I don't see an improvement, I will.

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[leftovers]

it will take several water changes and time before you see real change, keep removing them and doing repeated water changes. It took me 2 months of water changes to reduce phosphates and get rid of nuisance algae and cyano...

 

[Anonymous]

With valonia the only real solution is manual removal. Things that eat it break it open in the process, which just releases spore leading to many more valonia.

Remove them during a water change. Hold the siphon right above the bubble while you twist it off the rock so that if it breaks, the spores inside it will get siphoned right out of the tank and never have a chance to settle.

It's a long process. Expect to be battling them for months.

 

[brandon4291]

I have permanently removed small initial growths in my vase simply with fire blasting. To me its the only immediate benefit technique to instantly kill aiptasias, GHA, valonias, any reds that might bush up, and cyano etc. Fire blasting with a crack lighter (only used for reef lol) is the single best thing Ive ever used I even use it to kill xenia and zo's that get out of hand.

You just drain your reef down to the levels you need to get at (the large change benefitting any tank anyway) and zap them for one second. The strands of GHA are naturally photoconductive, and now I can see radiantly conductive, and it carries the heat instantly down into the holdfasts in the rock interstices that would normally resprout. Based on my testing of fire burning all kinds of organims in a 5 year old one gallon vase, theres no scalable reason it would harm you guys' large tanks. In the least it sure beats stocking animals that are supposed to eat it, but dont...

when I burn around delicate corals I make paddle deflectors out of aluminum foil and hold those up against the flesh I don't want hit.

Just last month I had a tiny bush of red algae (macro type) pop up low down on my reefscape, the kind that will wreck a tank if left unchecked. I got out my bernzomatic grill lighter and in one second the whole patch is gone instantly, talk about cool! the denuded area will simply recalcify in time.

My current project is focusing DJ green and red laser lights onto strands of algae in test systems to see if I can phototically eradicate algae while the tank is full and running with water. I don't care if anyone steals my idea and makes a million, Ive been talking about an algae pen for years now lol. My goal was to focus intense radiation on any pest animal and try to bleach it, from without

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