Red Bubble Algae?

[SuzLucky]

Is there such a thing as red bubble algae. I seem to have an outbreak of these:

Little tiny bubbles looks like green bubble algae only red. Having an out break of red algae and hair algae.

 

[SuzLucky]

It's: Botryocladia skottsbergii

www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/index.php

 

[SuzLucky]

Now what do I do?

 

[PCIALF]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6920573#post6920573 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SuzLucky
It's: Botryocladia skottsbergii

www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/index.php

great article

 

[weaver5]

I will say my son had a terrible outbreak of redslime algea. It took some time and about 5 treatments of cemi clean and cutting the time his lights are on each day from 10 hours to 8 hours.I know alot of people are against putting chemicals n there tanks but we tried about everything else.I know it says from excess feeding but he does not feed much at all and he keeps water very clean. He does a water change every week about 15 gal out of a 72 gal tank.Also we ran a UV steralizer for about a month or so. Hope this helps some Scott

 

[bdamon]

I had some of that reb bubble stuff, I caught it when it was just starting. I pulled out the rock it was on and scrubbed it off with a toothbrush in tank water and it never came back.


Ben

 

[MarksReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6920619#post6920619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SuzLucky
Now what do I do?

Read the "Controls" in the artical.

 

[Stephany]

aw geez, I have that too. It's branching. I kind of like it, and have made no attempts to remove it.
Reading the article... says it will reproduce sexually. So, I guess it wouldn't be good to have.

*sigh*