****fish that eats valonia bubble algae - move to discussion forum?

[hawk]

Originally Posted by ClubReef

I had a bad case of Valonia outbreak 6 months ago. I bought a couple of emerald crabs and they really attacked the small and medium sized bubbles..they don't really touch the larger ones. I cleaned up the larger ones by popping them with a bbq skewer, pretty much eliminated all of them. People say that popping them will only spread and propogate the algae..but in my experience this was not the case. My bubbles have been controlled and I won't hesitate to pop any larger ones in the future. This is my first hand experience.

I agree. The easiest/quickest way of getting rid of this stuff is to pop them with a pair of tweezers and pull it out. As far as spreading spores, IMO this is over played if not a total myth. Even if it is true the spores would spread the same whether the bubble were popped by a crab, fish, man, etc.

[Reefer Rob]

I'm having good success basting the bubble algae with hot water. It takes a couple of days and they turn white and disappear. The trouble with bubble algae is that it can grow down in holes, in areas of low light, so it's hard to find all of it.

[Skimmer Juice]

Chin it is to bad you dont live closer I have a fairley large rabbit fish Iam trying to get rid of. No algae in my tank.

[Redrover]

Chin Lee...I'll put in another 100 to see Marc chow down
Laterrrrrrr;RJ