Green bubble algae

[Coralgurl]

Found some green bubble algae growing in my tank. I've read through some information and would like to know best easiest way to remove. Should I remove the rocks and chisel off or can they be removed in the tank. I can only see 2 bubbles, is there likely more? I haven't touched them but assume they are attached.

[PurpleMonkey]

Whenever I see these bad boys pop up, I just siphon them out. I use a piece of rigid airline attached to regular airline. I've cut the end of the rigid on an angle so I can get under the bubble and scrap the holdfast (algae root) off. I turn my pumps off, start a siphon and carefully get them out, just don't pop them.

If you can easily get the rock out, you could carefully use tweezers to pull the off, then rinse the rock off outside the tank before you put back in.

[reefwars]

emerald crabs eat it

[Enigma]

I had to remove one bubble.

I pulled the (so small it fit in a coffee cup) rock, plucked off the bubble (rupturing it in the process) and then set the rock in a mixture of 1:10 hydrogen peroxide to saltwater for 10 minutes to kill any spores.

That was four weeks, or so, ago. I haven't seen any others since then, but I think the time span is too short to know if it truly worked or not.

[emerald crab]

They're difficult to fight, if you have them just on a small rock, kill the rock. I had to learn to live with them.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by emerald crab

They're difficult to fight, if you have them just on a small rock, kill the rock. I had to learn to live with them.

dumb question but.....have you tried emerald crabs???