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Cal_stir 04-27-2012 10:45 PM

Bubble algae
 
How do you deal with green bubble algae?

subman jr. 04-27-2012 10:48 PM

Emerald crab:biggrin:

Cal_stir 04-27-2012 10:53 PM

Had a couple but they didn't seem to eat it, I'm gonna try another but was wondering if there was anything else I could do.

Mandosh 04-27-2012 11:02 PM

manual removal - rigid piece to tubing attached to the end of flexible siphon hose is what I've found to work best.

wayner 04-27-2012 11:13 PM

Not sure how big your tank is but you could try a Rabbitfish, Emeralds didn't work for me either, since i added a rabbitfish, there is a definate decline in the bubble algae, I no longer have to harvest it every 2 weeks.

I don't think it matters what rabbitfish, they all eat algae, small foxface might work., I went with the 2 barred rabbitfish, I've seen him eating it, if you go this route, remove as much as you can manually before you add the fish.

Good Luck!


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Cal_stir 04-27-2012 11:47 PM

Thanks for the replies

coolhandgoose 04-28-2012 12:07 AM

My yellow tang demolished it along with red bubbles and other nuisance algae.

reefgirl189 04-28-2012 12:39 AM

Guess I'm lucky but I don't get any anymore. When I first started up the tank I had a few that I removed manually and they never came back.

Cal_stir 04-28-2012 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolhandgoose (Post 710735)
My yellow tang demolished it along with red bubbles and other nuisance algae.

My tellow tang doesn't touch them, loves the algae we scrape off the glass though.

Cal_stir 04-28-2012 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefgirl189 (Post 710746)
Guess I'm lucky but I don't get any anymore. When I first started up the tank I had a few that I removed manually and they never came back.

I'm going to try the siphon with the rigid tube, sounds like it might be the best way to remove it.


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