How to remove bubble Algae

[SleepingDragon]

I went on trip for 5 days. When I come home, ther is whole bunch of bubble algae in my tank. I suck some of it out. However, there are quite a few small one that I can't remove.

Any good way to do this ? Some grow on my SPS and whiten some of the tips ( since then, I glow them away with water). Not sure if the bubble will grwo on them again.

I have fish and both hard and soft coral in my tank.

Thanks

 

[John Steidl]

I'm a bit surprised that they took off in only 5 days, as I have always found Valonia to be fairly slow developing. I just remove them by hand--you need to grab them at the base and sometimes get them out of small crevices. If any are large (~1/4 inch) be especially careful not to pop them as they may be mature enought to contain spores. If you have more than a few dozen, you might try Emerald crabs. Here's a further link. I have not tried his method.

http://home.ptd.net/~reef101/phosrep.htm

 

[SleepingDragon]

Dear John,

Thanks for your help. I did help couple bubble algea that I removed before. Somehow it just get multipe quickly during the week. Accoding to the link that you give me, I does look like that I can siphon whatever I can and might be blow the small ones into the water column and let the filter trap them and discard.

I might get couple Emerald crab if they don't hurt the coral anyway.

Regards,

 

[rdelong]

Emerald Crabs are the ticket.

 

[Tammy3770]

I had it then got a rabbit fish and he eat all of it in just a matter of days

 

[glxtrix]

just becareful if you try to remove yourself, if you pop them they will release spores and possibly result in the growth of more.

 

[dpieroni]

valonia removal

valonia removal

I just pick up each piece of live rock and use a small brush.
I brush the live rock under a water faucet to wash the live rock while I was removing the valonia.
My pieces of live rock were 70% cover by valonia, and whit this method, the 10% of the live rock have valonia again after 3 weeks.
I have brushed 30 pieces of live rock, so I think this method can work..
It is a terrible work, but only do it once...
hope this helps...