Bubble Algae *$*#(@)(#(

[Tonyscoots84]

Hey guyz, just wondering if anyone has been doing any research on how to stop or hinder this nuisance in our tanks... theres gotta be a better way then crabs or manually removing it, im gettin tired of it :tired: :screama:

 

[jhale]

Tony, I'm right there with you, I have the small bubble algae that makes me crazy.

I was thinking of putting a UV on the tank to try and kill the algae spores, and adding an army of emerald crabs and turbo snails.

 

[IconicAquariums]

Get a Mag Foxface or Desjardini Tang, much better than crabs.

 

[bad coffee]

I had a friend take his tank down because of valonia. get it under control now or you'll regret it later.

B

 

[herman]

Hey Scoots!!

Bubble Algae sucks!! what can I say. Herbivores basically suck when it comes to controlling the Valonia, Ventricaria and Dictyosphaeria species. For most of the its not very pallatable. They will eat other **** before they go for the bubble algae. Why do they suck? When eating the algae they basically pop it releasing a buttload of algae all over the tank.

To stop the tini algae from taking hold (for the most part) you can have high flow combined with UV.

Your best bet: Next time you need to do a water change go at them with a razor blade and tweezers while siphoning in case one pops.

Good luck with them......

 

[JHOV2324]

I have a urchin that took care of some algae i had...it was a hitchhiker... Hale i still have one for you...

 

[Deanos]

My Scopas Tang eats valonia, but not if it's near coral

 

[emps]

My tank is filled with it. Every water change I spend an hour or so trying to pick them off...My emeralds didn't do anything for it. :arg:

 

[marrone]

High Flow will keep it from taking hold in the tank but it may get a hold in areas where the flow in low, like the over flow and sump.

I have them in my tank and no matter how much I removed them they kept coming back. When I was helping Hitsnorth move his tank I notice he had them in his overflow and sump, but not in the main tank, which had heavy flow. So when I went home I looked in my overflow and had tons in there, which I removed. It has help some but I still have them. The hard part is finding them all as it only take one to start it all over again.

Emerald crabs are a crap shoot, some eat other don't. What they will do it turn over and knock down corals.

 

[pnoyreefer]

I also have the bubble algae growin on my overflows.I scrape them once in a while and the funny thing is no on my display and not in my sump just the overflow....

 

[yeahcheetah]

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/index.php

 

[drperetz]

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I love the look that the algae gives....

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks guyz for all the info provided... there has to be an easier way... i hope someone soon will find out and let us all know cause its getting old real quick.. herman thanks for the info bro i havent spoke to you in a long time, how is everything. theres gotta be something that we are missing that is making these little SOB's grow like crazy in our tanks.. on that article it says it doesnt like high light well thats wrong cause my tank is very bright and there is tons of flow everywhere in my tank...

when will it end .....

 

[JHOV2324]

Man will never beat nature.............

 

[Tonyscoots84]

We can do it :biggrin:

 

[thepudge]

I think massive, choking tufts of hair algae kills bubble algae. I can donate some to you.

 

[bigbris1]

You've got to get in there with a diving knife & get them like ricordia are collected, by taking a thin layer of the rock off with it, while trying not to pop them. IIRC, only the larger, more mature bubbles have spores to release.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

big bris i find it funny that you say that because i have no large bubble algae just tiny ones ...

 

[grundig5]

Man...my skimmer was down for about 2 weeks and suddenly there is bubble algae and some weird red stuff that grows like turf on my rocks. Nothing eats it, and its nearly impossible to remove. I might just buy Marco rock and start cycling it in a tub, then scrape all my encrusted SPS off the rocks ;(

 

[SIReefer]

I have no bubble algae in my display tank except for those on my heater. I have removed manually many times but the algae always returns. I also have bubble algae in my overflow which is strange as BA supposedly doesn't like strong flow??? I'm just glad that it stays out of the main tank, (except for heater-which I'm going to switch out). Good luck w/your BA, Tony.