red bubble algie

Ronny#66 · 02/21/2008, 06:28 PM

How do you get rid of it ? Is it bad ? Try to pick it off and they break white clear liquid comes out . So what can you do can't move all rock.

Aquarist007 · 02/21/2008, 06:36 PM

can you post a picture of this?

Agu · 02/21/2008, 07:39 PM

Here's my red/multicolored bubble algae,

It's just another variety of valonia. Some people report success with emerald (mithrax) crabs but I'm not one of them. I use a hemostat to grab and remove what I can and appreciate the rest as biodiversity.

seafansar · 02/21/2008, 07:41 PM

It's probably cyanobacteria. I have some in my new tank right now

. It's red and makes these little bubbles and starts to grow over them. I've been told to try and add more flow and reduce phosphates. If the mats are think enough you can peel them off the rock or use a turkey baster to suck them up. I'm also going to try and use snails and hermits who are supposed to eat it (don't know how much I believe this, but willing to give it a try).

Ronny#66 · 02/21/2008, 08:37 PM

Yup thats what i got ! can you leave it grow kinda pritty ? Is it bad?

Ronny#66 · 02/21/2008, 08:45 PM

Capn: the photo here is exactly what I have .

Aquarist007 · 02/21/2008, 09:18 PM

to get rid of cyano
make sure you have adequate flow across the substrate
lightly baste the area with a turkey baster
suck up any you can with the basteer
do a 20 per cent water change
shut the lights off the tank for 3 days

Ronny#66 · 02/21/2008, 09:22 PM

So the pic here is not cyano Is it bad?

Aquarist007 · 02/21/2008, 09:29 PM

oops my mistake--yes bubble algae is bad because the bubble is a capsule holding a zillion tiny bubble algae spores.
this makes bubble algae very invasive of a tank very quickly

You have two choices here actually a third
1 use tweezers and pinch them off without breaking the capsule
2 take the rock out and scrub it thoroughly

3 buy some emerald crabs that "could" eat it

I am not a fan of buying inverts etc that are suppose to eat algae--sometimes they do and sometimes they don't

02/21/2008, 06:28 PM	#1
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	red bubble algie How do you get rid of it ? Is it bad ? Try to pick it off and they break white clear liquid comes out . So what can you do can't move all rock.

02/21/2008, 06:36 PM	#2
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	can you post a picture of this? __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

02/21/2008, 07:39 PM	#3
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	Here's my red/multicolored bubble algae, It's just another variety of valonia. Some people report success with emerald (mithrax) crabs but I'm not one of them. I use a hemostat to grab and remove what I can and appreciate the rest as biodiversity. __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

02/21/2008, 07:41 PM	#4
seafansar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,023	It's probably cyanobacteria. I have some in my new tank right now . It's red and makes these little bubbles and starts to grow over them. I've been told to try and add more flow and reduce phosphates. If the mats are think enough you can peel them off the rock or use a turkey baster to suck them up. I'm also going to try and use snails and hermits who are supposed to eat it (don't know how much I believe this, but willing to give it a try). __________________ -Sara Current Tank Info: mixed reef

02/21/2008, 09:18 PM	#7
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	to get rid of cyano make sure you have adequate flow across the substrate lightly baste the area with a turkey baster suck up any you can with the basteer do a 20 per cent water change shut the lights off the tank for 3 days __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

02/21/2008, 08:37 PM	#5
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Yup thats what i got ! can you leave it grow kinda pritty ? Is it bad?

02/21/2008, 08:45 PM	#6
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Capn: the photo here is exactly what I have .

02/21/2008, 09:22 PM	#8
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	So the pic here is not cyano Is it bad?

02/21/2008, 09:29 PM	#9
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	oops my mistake--yes bubble algae is bad because the bubble is a capsule holding a zillion tiny bubble algae spores. this makes bubble algae very invasive of a tank very quickly You have two choices here actually a third 1 use tweezers and pinch them off without breaking the capsule 2 take the rock out and scrub it thoroughly 3 buy some emerald crabs that "could" eat it I am not a fan of buying inverts etc that are suppose to eat algae--sometimes they do and sometimes they don't __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock