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I have successfully dealt with bubble algae in the past.... I had a 20 gallon nano that was totally infested with it. The problem is that bursting the bubbles results in it spreading. What I did was to chisel the end of a turkey baster. I sucked up the pieces as I chiseled the bubbles off the rock. Eventually this method completely solved the problem.
Hope it, or something else, works for you. 
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03-29-2009, 04:02 AM
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I tried a dental scaler and the bits I could reach came off well. Unfortunately I expect I ripped open a lot of them in the process! as a newbie I have put my rock too close to the edges, have lots of overhangs etc --> make it next to impossible to reach with a baster. I shall see what happens
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03-29-2009, 06:25 AM
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Keeping a decent sized tubastrea is going to be tough in a Bio Cube, you need to feed it too much. IME nitrate is usually the culprit with big valonia outbreaks, this matches up with what you've been seeing.
Consider what your situation is going to be post removal if you go after it now, all that nitrogen is going to end up feeding something and you probably won't like whatever it is. The valonia is comparatively easy to manage. Get the nitrate issues solved before you start removing the valonia aggressively.
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03-29-2009, 08:06 AM
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I think I know the algae you are talking about. It only seems to grow in the absence of an effective herbivore, ie: refugiums and such. It seems to be quite tasty and usually does not proliferate in an aquarium with good herbivores. An emerald crab would probably go to town on it.
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03-30-2009, 04:06 AM
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Thank you for the input. I don't think I have "dead zones" as I don't see debris accumulation and my rock set up is very open. My clowns have arranged my sand from zero to 1.5" depending on the area. I have the impeller return pump, a Nano propeller and a Koralia 1 propeller. The propellers are on separate timers to allow for (set up) varying patterns of chaotic flow. I scraped a lot of the algae off with a dental scaler (worked like a charm) and sucked up what I could catch with a baster (didn't work so well). I agree the tubastrea will be an ongoing issue. I plan to have extra water made up so I can transfer it to a small fresh bath to feed it..then through out the bath water and return the tubastrea to the main tank. It sounds cumbersome but once a routine I think it might work. What do you think? I also put in an Emerald crab but haven't seen it since the first evening
The porcelain crab seems very content
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