I Have declared WAR-----------on Bubble Algea

[fkdenton]

You have heard about my problem, now my solution.

1. I started this a couple weeks ago with the purchase of a emerald crab. No Help

2. the next step wasa the purchase of a ro/di machine. I had been using distiled water from walmart but I was afraid that was helping the problem.

3. Tonight the major offensive was begain.
a. begain removal of about 1/3 of liverock
b. picked/popped the stupid little bubbles
c. using a net went after all loose bubbles
d. rinsed the liverock off with saltwater before returning it to tank


The results so far is some seriously MAD coral. I decided to do some fragging while it all looked like crap anyway.

I fragged some pink zoos, pink, and neon green star polyps, and some yellow polyps

I now have to do the center section later this week or maybe next. Before I do this I need to know if zoos will be hurt being out of water for 15 min or so? The center section is covered with zoos. I also proceded to disturb one of my RBTAs and he is not looking happy right now. Maybe that will cause the sucker to split.

 

[DrBDC]

Not at all. If you're really worried get a clean spray bottle and fill it with tank water and mist them every so often. You can actually ship zo's in a damp paper towel.

 

[DARKSILENTTYPE]

Good luck been fighting this fight for about a year now myself . I even bought one of those power scrubbers they had on the news . Works well and I think Im on top of the war so for . I wouldn't say its a water quality problem I didb't have this problem until I got my PO4 below 0.10 . It seems the better my water got the more problem it became . I am running at 0.02 PO4 now and it grows faster .

DST

 

[stlouisguy]

Powerwash the rock. Worked for me




That and cooking the rock for 3 months

 

[fkdenton]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8592373#post8592373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stlouisguy
Powerwash the rock. Worked for me




That and cooking the rock for 3 months

I dont think the zoas would like either option. The middle section is now done. The tank looks alot better.

 

[dynamitedj]

Emerald mythrax crabs work really good from my experience.