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Bubble Algae
- Thread starter MadReefer
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Me too. One rock I can toss or bleach the other will be hard to remove.
Salted
NJRC Member
Fify. They are not a guaranteed fix. If you’re going to try them get small females only.
Well this sucks. The one small rock I will toss. The bigger one I will remove and try to manually get rid of as many as possible.
mwil79
NJRC Member
Good luck with the emeralds. I have two in my sump because they were not so model citizens. One ripped all the legs off the other one so I moved legless crab to the sump and fed him till he molted and grew his legs back. I then moved the angry crab to my sump with my frag tank which he shared with an arrow crab who was much larger than him. He managed to rip that arrow crab to pieces. Once legless crab grew its tiny little legs back (picture huge claws with miniature legs) I put him back into my tank with the bubble algae. Within a week he ate a frag with 12 polyps of Little Shop of Horrors zoas... if you aren't familiar with them they go for about 75-100 dollars a polyp so now that one is back in the sump.
In the end I bought a very small baby fox face who ate the crap out of my bubble algae.
In the end I bought a very small baby fox face who ate the crap out of my bubble algae.
Good to know. I am not a fan of crabs and will see what else I can do. I have small rabbit fish in the 30g I could move over if they eat it. will have to check.
Edit - I have a yellow blotch rabbit fish.
mwil79
NJRC Member
They should but it all depends on how well they are fed. If they are constantly being fed other food they will ignore it. I am not saying starve them just feed every other day or so. My crab was also trying to eat my anemone.
Salted
NJRC Member
I have a bi color which is supposed to eat algae. I also am dealing with an algae issue. It could be stuffing itself all day. I’ve never seen it touch anything but the nori with my tangs and it really chows down on my frozen at feeding time. Not trying to discourage you, but it’s been said here plenty of times, buying any one fish with the expectation of it fixing a tank issue is a roll of the dice. If that fish is not one you wanted in your dt otherwise, sleep on it before purchase.
DYIguy
NJRC Member
I also have a bicolor that doesn't touch algae but eats frozen and flakes. My Molly Millers do eat algae- one loves it when I use the razor to scrape the front glass- follows it to gobble up the scrapings- I've read that they eat bubble algae too- but I don't have any in that tank
Well last night wife decided we need to paint the bedroom since I am off three days. On top of that my carpal tunnel started acting up. So will pull the rock and put in a bucket for now. One is bigger than I realized. Movement hurts thumb and wrist so painting will be a pain. Even with a brace still discomfort.
Salted
NJRC Member
Just ask, we can hook you up.
DYIguy
NJRC Member
I'd like to test it out, but not going to take the chance. I'm either lucky or have things in my tank that keep it clean- found a couple of bubble algae once took the rock out and scraped it, have a couple of pitho crabs and possibly an emerald- haven't seen it in about a month, found some aptasia too, squirted it with lemon juice-I have a peppermint shrimp- but don't think it's the aptasia eating variety though, also no signs since- never had any vermetid snails in this tank, but I did find a bumblebee snail still alive after 9 months - maybe one reason I don't have any small snails- knock on wood I guess
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