BuBBle AlgE ProbLeM

nextlevelreef · 05/12/2009, 07:08 PM

cant get rid of this stuff any pointers i have been battling this for a while now is getting very frustrating GRRRRRR!

water params are perfect
change carbon GFO biweekey
RO/DI TDS is 0
weekly water changes

cant seem to get hold of this
HELP!

Thanks mike

SaltyDr · 05/12/2009, 07:48 PM

manual removal

Rouselb · 05/12/2009, 08:20 PM

you have to manually remove it. There is still something in your tank that is feeding it. I had it for years until i upgraded skimmers. Its amazing what a really good skimmer can do. It stop growing and within 3 months i pretty much had eliminated it.

TROYREEFER · 05/12/2009, 11:13 PM

Manual removal is the best way. And you can get yourself an emrald crab or two to keep it under control.

gooyferret · 05/12/2009, 11:17 PM

Check your nitrates also what are those at for PPM?

docalatamu · 05/13/2009, 11:14 AM

the ones you can grab, go ahead and get them out, the others you can see, or are too small to remove, I say pop them as you are siphoning water out for a water change. I held a bent paper clip in front of the hose to pop the smaller ones and suck out the spores so they dont infect the rest of the tank

check these bad boys:

tatoofr · 05/13/2009, 11:32 AM

Emerald crabs and your problem will be sloved.
Frank

nextlevelreef · 05/13/2009, 04:20 PM

i have a deltec ap 600 skimmer and my nitrates are at 0 im gona trya emerald crab and see how that goes

xJake · 05/13/2009, 04:34 PM

Emerald (Mithrax) crabs are almost a guaranteed solution, but like all crabs they are opportunistic feeders. That meaning, once they run out of Valonia sp. to eat, they will begin looking for other sources of nourishment. I would suggest a combination of manual removal and 1 or 2 mithrax crabs to help combat the issue. Eventually though, you should remove the mithrax crabs when your problem is under control. I suggest moving them to your sump or refugium, so that if there is another bubble algae bloom then you have them on hand to combat it.

tatoofr · 05/13/2009, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xJake
Emerald (Mithrax) crabs are almost a guaranteed solution, but like all crabs they are opportunistic feeders. That meaning, once they run out of Valonia sp. to eat, they will begin looking for other sources of nourishment. I would suggest a combination of manual removal and 1 or 2 mithrax crabs to help combat the issue. Eventually though, you should remove the mithrax crabs when your problem is under control. I suggest moving them to your sump or refugium, so that if there is another bubble algae bloom then you have them on hand to combat it.

Very well said

RobbyVonAwesome · 05/13/2009, 08:58 PM

Emerald crabs will help, but as you said, manual removal will still be required. I had the particularly small variety of bubble algae a few months ago and it took several times of scraping it off my rock, but eventually I won the battle. If I had put some emerald crabs in after the first treatment, I probably would not have had to do it again.

05/12/2009, 07:08 PM	#1
nextlevelreef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 91	BuBBle AlgE ProbLeM cant get rid of this stuff any pointers i have been battling this for a while now is getting very frustrating GRRRRRR! water params are perfect change carbon GFO biweekey RO/DI TDS is 0 weekly water changes cant seem to get hold of this HELP! Thanks mike

05/12/2009, 08:20 PM	#3
Rouselb Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Detroit Michigan Posts: 1,238	you have to manually remove it. There is still something in your tank that is feeding it. I had it for years until i upgraded skimmers. Its amazing what a really good skimmer can do. It stop growing and within 3 months i pretty much had eliminated it. __________________ Larry Current Tank Info: 425g Mixed Reef, (6) Orphek LED mods, (4) MP60s, (2) Bubble King SM250 Skimmer, LMIII for Dose & ATO

05/12/2009, 11:17 PM	#5
gooyferret Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MN Posts: 599	Check your nitrates also what are those at for PPM? __________________ I smell something Fishy! Oops excuse me! Current Tank Info: 180gal Mixed Reef

05/13/2009, 11:32 AM	#7
tatoofr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,044	Emerald crabs and your problem will be sloved. Frank __________________ !20 tech tank ATI T5 Club Current Tank Info: 120 reef

05/12/2009, 07:48 PM	#2
SaltyDr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 1,191	manual removal

05/12/2009, 11:13 PM	#4
TROYREEFER Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 69	Manual removal is the best way. And you can get yourself an emrald crab or two to keep it under control.

05/13/2009, 11:14 AM	#6
docalatamu Moved On Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Serengeti Posts: 322	the ones you can grab, go ahead and get them out, the others you can see, or are too small to remove, I say pop them as you are siphoning water out for a water change. I held a bent paper clip in front of the hose to pop the smaller ones and suck out the spores so they dont infect the rest of the tank check these bad boys:

05/13/2009, 04:20 PM	#8
nextlevelreef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 91	i have a deltec ap 600 skimmer and my nitrates are at 0 im gona trya emerald crab and see how that goes

05/13/2009, 04:34 PM	#9
xJake Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,385	Emerald (Mithrax) crabs are almost a guaranteed solution, but like all crabs they are opportunistic feeders. That meaning, once they run out of Valonia sp. to eat, they will begin looking for other sources of nourishment. I would suggest a combination of manual removal and 1 or 2 mithrax crabs to help combat the issue. Eventually though, you should remove the mithrax crabs when your problem is under control. I suggest moving them to your sump or refugium, so that if there is another bubble algae bloom then you have them on hand to combat it.

05/13/2009, 08:58 PM	#11
RobbyVonAwesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 394	Emerald crabs will help, but as you said, manual removal will still be required. I had the particularly small variety of bubble algae a few months ago and it took several times of scraping it off my rock, but eventually I won the battle. If I had put some emerald crabs in after the first treatment, I probably would not have had to do it again.