bubble algae???

[Nikola]

I have bubble algae starting to grow, not bad but want to catch it early. I think it came in on some live rock I got about 6 months ago. Just wanted to see if anyone has a trick to getting rid of it, fish/inverts/ect... Looks like I have the type called Valonia aegagropila. I read some stuff on this site:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002
02/hcj/feature/index.php

I have emerald crabs already and tryed vacuuming this stuff.
Any help or idea would be great.
Thanx,
Andrew

 

[edwardw771]

I just stock my hand in the tank and popped them all. Never had another problem.

 

[Reefdrumz]

Did you really do that Ed?? I have always read that if you pop them, you spread the spores throughout your tank and cause a bloom.

Wow! That's really amazing that nothing came back.

 

[edwardw771]

Yeah just poped them. My brother in law the Genetic Engineering Professor at Ohio State told be to do it. It worked great. never had another problem.

 

[JohnS_323]

I'm surprised the Emerald crabs haven't eaten it. That's what I did and they worked great.

 

[camz28]

i keep like 3 emmerald crabs and they do a great job , sometimes i pop them by accident and nothing happen either


Ralph