GrimReefer82
Roll Tide!!!
I have a problem with bubble algae that I have been working to resolve. I have the attitude at this point that I need to try and identify what type I have to maximize my chances of ridding the tank.
I found 2 articles that by appearance this algae matches, but it does not behave like these articles say it should. By appearances alone I would say it is Dicyospheria or Valonia Aegagropila because it grows in clusters however these articles state that these species do not spread rapidly and are not a need for real concern. The species that I have spreads very rapidly but looks as described above.
I know from past experience that emerald crabs are hit and miss but I added a few anyways. I remember reading years ago that a Foxface have been known in rare occasions to eat it so I added one of those. I also manually removed as much as possible, turned up my skimmer, added phos-zorb and large amounts of carbon to the 404 all with little results. It returns in a matter of days.
Tank details are as follows. 125g reef display with LPS, softies, bubble tip anemones and clams. The fish I have are a maroon clown, foxface, blue damsel, lemonpeel angelfish, blue regal tang, mandarin dragonette and a buddha cardinal. Invertebrates, cleaner shrimp, serpent star, sand sifting star, 2 emerald crabs, 5 scarlet reef hermits, 10 blue leg hermits, 1 turbo snail.
Lighting and filtration. 6 80 watt T5ho's w/ individual reflectors 2 blue plus bulbs are on for 12 hours and the aquable special, fiji purple and 2 more blue plus are on for 10. I do not have any moonlights so the tank is completely dark for 12 hours. Eshopp's psk-200 skimmer, fluval 404 canister, approx 15g sump area, 15g fuge area and another seperate 12g fuge tank both of which are lighted 24 hours and 1 has chaetomorpha algae in it.
Tank parameters, calcium 390-400 ppm, phosphate 0 - 0.25 ppm, 10 dkh, nitrite, ammonia and nitrate all zero, salinity is 1.026 and temp is 78, ph 8.2 all measured with api test kits and a refractometer.
Any help or ideas to resolve this matter would be greatly appreciated!
I found 2 articles that by appearance this algae matches, but it does not behave like these articles say it should. By appearances alone I would say it is Dicyospheria or Valonia Aegagropila because it grows in clusters however these articles state that these species do not spread rapidly and are not a need for real concern. The species that I have spreads very rapidly but looks as described above.
I know from past experience that emerald crabs are hit and miss but I added a few anyways. I remember reading years ago that a Foxface have been known in rare occasions to eat it so I added one of those. I also manually removed as much as possible, turned up my skimmer, added phos-zorb and large amounts of carbon to the 404 all with little results. It returns in a matter of days.
Tank details are as follows. 125g reef display with LPS, softies, bubble tip anemones and clams. The fish I have are a maroon clown, foxface, blue damsel, lemonpeel angelfish, blue regal tang, mandarin dragonette and a buddha cardinal. Invertebrates, cleaner shrimp, serpent star, sand sifting star, 2 emerald crabs, 5 scarlet reef hermits, 10 blue leg hermits, 1 turbo snail.
Lighting and filtration. 6 80 watt T5ho's w/ individual reflectors 2 blue plus bulbs are on for 12 hours and the aquable special, fiji purple and 2 more blue plus are on for 10. I do not have any moonlights so the tank is completely dark for 12 hours. Eshopp's psk-200 skimmer, fluval 404 canister, approx 15g sump area, 15g fuge area and another seperate 12g fuge tank both of which are lighted 24 hours and 1 has chaetomorpha algae in it.
Tank parameters, calcium 390-400 ppm, phosphate 0 - 0.25 ppm, 10 dkh, nitrite, ammonia and nitrate all zero, salinity is 1.026 and temp is 78, ph 8.2 all measured with api test kits and a refractometer.
Any help or ideas to resolve this matter would be greatly appreciated!
