Valonia vs Bleach - Round 1 - Ding! Ding!

[mark]

I would stay away from bleach even with Prime. Likely you'll kill off everything else beneficial and some spores of the bubble would survive.

[Marlin65]

I had some of that as well but it just died off and went away. I run some other Macros in a fuge though. My PO4 is at 0.04 and my NO3 is always zero.
I don't run a phosphate remover and feed heavy every day. I think a large fuge is the way to go. That is why mine is almost the same size as my tank.
Anyway I think you might be able to get rid of it with your fuge as well.
Some of that smaller grape stuff is hard to come by and does not grow that quick. I would try to keep some of that.

[slakker]

Something tells me if your gonna bleach, you might as well start over with dry base rock or something... could be cheaper and for sure you won't have anything livign on it!

I had a few, but lucky I caught it by hand picking them off...

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Marlin65

Some of that smaller grape stuff is hard to come by and does not grow that quick. I would try to keep some of that.

Do you mean the smaller Valonia? I have at least two different species of Valonia. One is tiny, and elongated. The other is the usual big round globes.

Well, I haven't bleached it yet...I'll see what I can do with a waterchange and manual removal tomorrow. Maybe I will wait it out awhile longer since the tank is finally coming back round now that the Banger babies aren't in there anymore.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Myka

Do you mean the smaller Valonia? I have at least two different species of Valonia. One is tiny, and elongated. The other is the usual big round globes.

Well, I haven't bleached it yet...I'll see what I can do with a waterchange and manual removal tomorrow. Maybe I will wait it out awhile longer since the tank is finally coming back round now that the Banger babies aren't in there anymore.

I think if you decide to try emerald crabs you'll find they are good at erradicating the tiny elongated stuff. In my experience that is the ones they go for first. I think the large ones are tough skinned and less edible.
My foxface and tang play football with the large valonia when they break free of their moorings and it seems to stand up well to all the abuse

[Myka]

Originally Posted by marie

I think if you decide to try emerald crabs you'll find they are good at erradicating the tiny elongated stuff. In my experience that is the ones they go for first. I think the large ones are tough skinned and less edible.
My foxface and tang play football with the large valonia when they break free of their moorings and it seems to stand up well to all the abuse

Hmm...ya I don't know about crabs. I have a long standing dislike for crabs of any kind. Especially in a tank with small fish. I just might give in though... *grumble*

[Snaz]

Algae blooms in my experience whether it is FW/SW or the local pond can be traced back to excess phosphates. I don't see in this thread what your water source is, if it is DI or RO then it might be worth testing for phosphates, maybe a dirty or broken membrane?

[bv_reefer]

i used to have about a dozen of these back when my phosphates and nitrites were thru the roof, before i got a skimmer and started zeo. for me phosphates were the main culprit, but as with all nuisance algae it really doesn't take much to get it rolling unfortunately