please ID the bubbles

[yraveh]

Good evening.
A frag of Zoas came with this bubble. over time they became 4.
What are these? Bad? how to get rid?

Thank you

 

[Diana A]

Bubble algae

 

[yraveh]

how do i get rid?

 

[Reincarnate]

Just wiggle them back and forth with your fingers and they should come right off.

 

[yraveh]

ok. tx

 

[Diana A]

Tweezer it has off without popping it. Take a q-tip and dip it in hydrogen peroxide and dab the spots where you removed the bubbles

 

[Str8linespeed]

Preferred method is out of the tank, if you pop them in the water they could spread to other areas of your tank.

 

[Diana A]

Do you dip all your coral in Bayer or Coral RX? These will remove parasites and also aid in treating filamentous hair algae. I have found that you also need to remove corals from the plugs you receive when you purchased them. Parasites can be inbetween the coral and the plug. The dip isn't reaching the parasites and they survive the dips.

 

[paronaram]

how do i get rid?

I had my almost all rocks covered with this bubble algae.
I introduced 2 Emerald Crabs, and 2 weeks later, all gone!
And some algae, that I had no idea what it was, also GONE!

My tank is 30Gallon shallow

Aram

 

[scottmccray]

+1 on the emerald crab.

 

[hearttx]

Emerald crabs have worked for me in the past too.