Sick of stupid bubble algae

[fkdenton]

Title says it all. I keep getting giant bubbles. I want it gone. Any ideas? I realy just want to add something to eat it. Thats the only bad thing with the tank. everything else has done great. I did get two great bangi cardinals and a cherub angel at gwa during the big sale. They are doing great.

Thanks
Floyd

 

[chadfarmer]

the only ways to get rid of them is sell your rock, pick them off, and last lower your phosphates so that cant grow in the tank

 

[Fade]

I cooked my live rock to get the bubble algae off so far so good. They also say red sea sailfins will eat it.

 

[stlsaltwater]

let them get big, then pick off with fingers. Then try and get one of ur kids to eat one.

 

[Kathy55g]

Bought some live rock with a lot of nice stuff on it, and covered in bubble algae. I mean covered. Picked off what we could, and put it in J's tank with a couple of emerald crabs. Only had a slight recurrance, easily controlled. It's been over a year, and the rock is still sweet!

 

[geppert]

emerald crabs and a copper banded
I had some in my 125
I put in crabs and a copper banded and it slowly disappeared.
Even the Atapsia was being eaten by the copper banded.
Since I crashed my tank and had to start over I do not have the copper banded and I am starting to see bubble algae and atapsia.

 

[beaker5]

Wierd. I had bubble algae. It disappeared on its own. I never had to treat the rock.

On the otherhand, I'm getting an outbreak of aiptasia in my tank.

 

[saltyunderground]

My emerald crabs ate all of the smaller green bubbles, they don't seem to go for the very large bubbles though.

 

[vishboy]

Yep, what Kathy said.