ok not impressed

[Skimmerking]

Bubble algae man its like that its double every second that i look at it. other then foxfaces emeralds are ok arent they. my sail fin was picking at it. Bu.t now isn't touching it anymore what a jack
I have a kole tang
sailfin
baby orange shoulder tang.

[o.c.d.]

Diadema, Mithraculus and Pitho spp. crabs, Ercolania seaslug. I'm sure you know that when the bubble burst it releases thousands of new baby bubbles. I haven't used anything from the list above which also includes surgeonfish and rabbitfish. Myself I battle for awhile then after more nutrient control they stopped producing. I also stopped caring because everyone who knows nothing about reefing would say "whoa that's neat it looks like a shiny marble" Ya looks cool ay, that's Valonia difficult to grow, wana buy some?

[Myka]

Valonia is the bane of my existence. If I figure out a cure I will let you know.

I can say that my Kole Tang and two Emerald Crabs do nothing to help the Valonia. Neither did manual pruning.

Adding Zeovit Sponge Power to the tank seemed to help, but far from a cure. Many people recommend urchins.

[Skimmerking]

thanks Mindy i know that you had a battle with it before and still battling it . When i had my 120 gal going before heading out to Afghanistan i had it under control with the foxface. Then i got rid of the foxface and it was all gone, I got back and moved to the 150 gal after I got home some of the bubbles were there and i didnt really care. Once I bought that Sailfin he was picking somewhat at it. But now

[Lance]

Mike, I'm convinced the only way to keep Valonia in check is to manually remove it while siphoning. Every water change I take a pair of needle nose pliers and pull them off right in front of the siphon hose. I can't rid of them all, but at least I keep them in check.

[Skimmerking]

im too lazy for that Lance look who u are dealing with here ...... ok may be not needle nose eh .... urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i hate this hobby