Sps and bubble algae

[Wiskeyrebel]

Bubble algae has taken over my Sps Dom 29g. I'm thinking of pulling my live rock and putting in new LR and transferring my acros. Will this be ok or will it cycle again? My tank has up for almost a year.

 

[RynosReef]

It's too soon for any of us to correctly answer that. But that would be a last resort to me. Removing your live rock would likely cause a new cycle, which you may already be in one as it is. First and foremost find out what your phosphates and nitrates are. What's your fish load? Water change schedule, lighting, skimming or nutrient export, ect? That's all important to know to give the best advice.

 

[Wiskeyrebel]

Phosphates at .03 nitrates 0 my fish load is 4 and lighting is a 150w hqi I use a tunze skimmer. I've tried hand removing the bubble and a emerald crab which he nipped my acros and removed lots of new growth and a naso tang or foxface is not a option. The BA is covering 80% of my LR.

 

[Wiskeyrebel]

My water change 5gal a week

 

[jcw]

My bubble algae is getting there, too.
Salifert phosphate tests .03 then a week later I couldn't detect a color change at all.

I don't know. My acros looked starved and I've started spot feeding them. I think these nuisance algae are better taking up whatever nutrients they need than sps.

I have two emeralds and they can't keep up.

 

[aqua80]

I've got quite a few here too,
my 2 emeralds don't seem to bother look at them...
0 nitrates 0 phosphate on a probably defective HC 736 and 0 on salifert test.
seems to get worse as I try to remove them so now just removing the biggest/stongest bubbles...

but the bubble algae don't seem to bother my sps so I don't worry to much abuot it...

 

[sandhog]

I found that when I change the GFO every 2 weeks after scubbing it off the rocks it seems to really slow it down coming back. I also have cotton candy algae and it helps to control that as well. I also have 2 emerald crabs that I have never seen eat any of it.

 

[Wiskeyrebel]

Gfo every 4 weeks could that be my problem?

 

[Wiskeyrebel]

Bump for more info

 

[pusanpa]

I had many in my 50g.
I pop every single one of them and then added 5 big emerald crab to prevent possible new ones growing.
I don't see any bubble algae anymore.

 

[basser1]

Be careful about popping them.

The spores could re-multiply elsewhere in the tank.