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

[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.

[Psyire]

I have a 6" magnificent foxface that loves the stuff. However it would take far more than $150 to get me to part with him.

[Skimmerking]

Go to J&L and get a moorish Idol they will due a huge impact on that stuff i put a years pay of my salary @59,000 per year

[Ruth]

Chin - when you find a fish for $150 that will eat your bubbles LMK and I can sell you my bubble algea for another $150 so you can keep it fed

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by Ruth

Chin - when you find a fish for $150 that will eat your bubbles LMK and I can sell you my bubble algea for another $150 so you can keep it fed

LOL. Nice.

[marie]

Chin, I have a foxface that will eat all the smaller bubble algae, you can have him if you come and catch him (and while your at it catch the @#$^&* angel as well )

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Road trip!!!!

Whatcha say Chin, got some free time to hop the ferry to PR?

Trust me, well worth the trip to check out Marie's tank in person.

Anthony

[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.