Brian's 270 Starphire

[Dejavu]

Sounds like we've all got similar problems guys... I've got a bad case of valonia going now too and find the best thing to do is manually remove it with a piece of rigid tubing snugged up to some vinyl tubing and siphon it out.

The rigid tubing will pry it up off of the rock or whatever else and then it just gets siphoned out. I'm sure I'm not the only one to try this, right?

I'll take a pic of my weapons of choice and attach it to give you guys a good idea if you haven't already tried it!~

Nope Dave, thats what I have been doing.

 

[Dave's Reef]

Nope Dave, thats what I have been doing.

So, are you not able to get it all out? Or, at least not "most" of it...?

These work pretty good for me but the valonia keeps coming back! :mad2:

Here's my tools

Valonia tools in my hand and in the background my interceptor tool, lol!~

 

[Dave's Reef]

The only fish I've seen eat valonia was my blonde naso before he died. Although once he got used to how well I fed him he wasn't much interested in the valonia any more...

 

[Dejavu]

So, are you not able to get it all out? Or, at least not "most" of it...?

These work pretty good for me but the valonia keeps coming back! :mad2:

Here's my tools

Valonia tools in my hand and in the background my interceptor tool, lol!~

Nope, it keeps coming back. I just need to get a natural predator for it.

 

[DanW]

Thanks for the idea Dave, I'm going to rig one up this weekend. Cool pic...the dog's expression is priceless...I can see the bubble (should'nt have used that world) above his head..."Are you kidding me, that ain't gonna work. Good luck, yawn...zzzzz"

 

[tanglovers]

As bad as I want to add him now, I'm going to have to wait. No fish for at least 12 weeks. I figured you've held on to him this long, whats 12 more weeks .

You're right and I completely agree you do not need any new fish additions right now. Plus this guy would look great in my display with the full rostratum and scopas

 

[mpoletti]

I'm with Dave. Emeralds will never go in any of my tanks again :uzi:

 

[Dejavu]

You're right and I completely agree you do not need any new fish additions right now. Plus this guy would look great in my display with the full rostratum and scopas

Like I said before if you decide to keep it, that fine.

Scott don't you have a few emeralds?

 

[tanglovers]

I use to have one that I rotated between my tanks, did a great job with bubble algae. He went MIA about a year ago and I have not replaced it. With the fish I keep (all larger ones for the most part) I do not have an issue with emerald crabs.

If I kept high end small fish I would avoid them. I will be avoiding them in the soon to setup Elos mini....

 

[Creetin]

Knock on wood. I cant remember the last time i had any bubble algea. I normally run high alk, But have lowered it to natural seawater levels recently. At 12dkh no pest algea grows, and just dies off. The coraline out competes it. Its also a pita on pumps and heaters. I would need to clean them every month to monh and a half running 12 dkh.

 

[Dejavu]

Knock on wood. I cant remember the last time i had any bubble algea. I normally run high alk, But have lowered it to natural seawater levels recently. At 12dkh no pest algea grows, and just dies off. The coraline out competes it. Its also a pita on pumps and heaters. I would need to clean them every month to monh and a half running 12 dkh.

I'm not sure which I would rather has BA or to clean my pumps more. Alex don't most of you larger tang keep algae in check?

 

[Dejavu]

ATL Christmas Miribilis

 

[mpoletti]

ATL Christmas Miribilis

Making a nice comeback Just a quick reminder, do not place a table underneath another table. I used to have a nice colony of mirabalis until the rasp sherbet began to outgrow it. Now i'm back down to a frag on my frag rack again :lol:

 

[rkaires]

Have you tried urchins? I battled valonia for over a year with the usual, tangs, rabbit fish, emerald crabs etc. Manual removal was the only thing that worked till I tried a long spine urchin. It took about five weeks or so before I noticed a huge decline in valonia. The only place they seem to get a foot hold now is inside my overflow.

 

[mpoletti]

Have you tried an ATB :lol:

 

[rkaires]

Have you tried an ATB :lol:

:lolspin:

 

[Dejavu]

Making a nice comeback Just a quick reminder, do not place a table underneath another table. I used to have a nice colony of mirabalis until the rasp sherbet began to outgrow it. Now i'm back down to a frag on my frag rack again :lol:

Thanks Mark, I will take note of that .

 

[Dejavu]

Have you tried urchins? I battled valonia for over a year with the usual, tangs, rabbit fish, emerald crabs etc. Manual removal was the only thing that worked till I tried a long spine urchin. It took about five weeks or so before I noticed a huge decline in valonia. The only place they seem to get a foot hold now is inside my overflow.

I have tried them before. The one problem is that they get so big so fast and end up knocking everything over.

 

[Dejavu]

Have you tried an ATB :lol:

Now why would I want to go with 2nd best .

 

[airwaybill]

taggin along