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Old 05-12-2012, 01:30 AM
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Hey guys, i don't have a bubble algae problem.... yet
but I have had the odd one or 2 pop up in the last month or 2 since buying a frag from a fellow reefer that had some on it. I removed it all before introducing it into the tank, but have had a few poke out here and there since. I remove them when I notice them, but its difficult to get them sometimes with out popping them, which I believe to be prolonging the problem.
my parameters are good
salinity 1.026
nitrats & trites 0
phosphates 0
ammonia 0
calcium is at 420
alk 9
mag 1320-ish

is there a safe way of removing the with out popping them? I am running chaeto as well.. just thought i'd ask, like i said not a lot, just the odd one here and there

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Old 05-12-2012, 01:51 AM
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you could get an emerald crab, which can entail it's own problems, but they will eat the bubble algae
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last one ended up in the sump. May have to free him for a while if it keeps up
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I have heard that too, but my tanks only 35g
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BUMP!

Anyone one else have so tips for this? dang emerald crab has hidden him self in the refugium and I can hardly get my head under the stand to go hunting for him. any fish for a 35g? or other fixes? I know physical removal and low nutrients (not over feeding) are dead giveaways but what else can I do? I have one that is in an sps colony, and I couldnt get at it if I tried
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