help!!!!with bubble algea

[afernandez]

i have bubble algea every one any one have any thing other metho than taking rock out b/c its kinda on a couple of rock and i think prob can b with power heads on occasion they have air come out or some thing any one know a quick solution lol

 

[hebygb]

There is no quick solution short of replacing your rock. And even that doesnt have a guarantee. Manually remove the bubbles by hand without breaking them... break one and hundreds more will grow... they are full of spores. Get 1 or 2 emerald crabs... they are reef safe. They will not eat the bubbles, but they will eat the spores and keep increase down. remain patient when removing the bubbles... if it is too hard to wriggle free, leave it... they can get as large as a grape... some are easier to remove...

 

[aastretch64]

Reduce nitrates, and phosphate.

I had 5-10 medium and 25-30 extra small one. Pop quite a few accedently, sut since I reduced my phosphate to nearly 0 and nitrates to less then 10 I have not seen any.

alex

 

[TammyLiz]

Without punctuation or complete sentences it is hard to tell what you're talking about! I can't figure out what you were meaning about the power head.

Anyways, I can tell you about what has happened in my tank with bubble algae. When I got it from someone last May, it had a lot. We picked most of it off. Now there is still a little because we couldn't get some of them that were deep in crevices of the rock.

But I wouldn't worry about popping them...its not really that big of a deal. I think maybe just the large ones have the mature spores anyways. I would just pull them off. It is better than letting them mature and burst on their own to reproduce. Keep pulling them off whenever you see them and you'll eventually have it under control.