Success with eliminating bubble algae

[gman19]

I have to go with manual removal too. I've never seen anything else touch them...

 

[Peter Eichler]

Bump

 

[celano]

I voted other/manual removal. I just siphoned them out with every water change. They were small enought to get sucked up the tube.

 

[univalreef]

I have a 4'' Naso Tang to clean up all in a week !!!

 

[jimwat]

I have bubbles show up and disappear occasionally. I have emeralds and a foxface. I have never seen either of these eating it, but something must be getting rid of them.

 

[waterfaller1]

Manual removal & learning better how to maintain a clean tank worked for me.

 

[wozza]

only ever have very small amounts of nothing to worry about realy, but my scopas tang SOMETIMES nibbels at it but more so on the hotdog shaped stuff.

 

[Buckeye1]

I watched my big turbo snails (the big golf ball sized snails) snack on the red bubble algae in my tank. Anybody else ever seen this? They took care of my problem.

 

[chips94]

I have had some success clearing up the red bubble algae (knock on wood) with 3 things. 10 emerald crabs, a new Phosban reactor and manually siphoning them out seems to be a great combination. Manually siphoning and the Phosban reactor did not do it all, the crabs seemed to be the missing piece. Good luck!

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9513967#post9513967 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chips94
I have had some success clearing up the red bubble algae (knock on wood) with 3 things. 10 emerald crabs, a new Phosban reactor and manually siphoning them out seems to be a great combination. Manually siphoning and the Phosban reactor did not do it all, the crabs seemed to be the missing piece. Good luck!

Red bubble seems quite easy to take care of in comparison with the green stuff most many other hobbyists have issues with.

 

[Peter Eichler]

One last bump

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

although not a practical solution in all aquariums, a big hungry Foxface usually takes care of bubble type algae

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9518728#post9518728 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
although not a practical solution in all aquariums, a big hungry Foxface usually takes care of bubble type algae

I've seen them ignore it too many times, which is a big reason for making this poll. Though as you and the poll indicates thus far, they're probably your best bet if you have a large enough tank to house them. I am a little surprised at the number of people reporting success with Emerald Crabs, they've always been useless for me.

 

[gman19]

Ditto on the useless emerald crabs...regardless of their size, I also have found them useless on bubble algae.

 

[jimwat]

I have a couple of emeralds that I have never seen go after bubble algae. I wonder how an emerald would even begin to attack it. Seems like it would be like trying to grab a beach ball with salad tongs

 

[gman19]

I agree....I'm not sure how certain fish deal with it once the bubbles reach a certain size...and what do fish do when dealing with them?? Pop 'em or what??

 

[AmosUSA]

as celano had metioned i siphoned them out with a water chance. I pull them off with a pair of long tip medical tweezers i siphone them up there history right along with there nasthy spores that are inside them. they have no mercy with me.

 

[xtm]

You forgot to include: "I take my LR out and scrub the hell out of them" works everytime!