I got that too, so I'm hesitant on using it, but ordered some anyway just in case- something else to add to the 'medicine cabinet'
Thing is, the 'marine' version is supposedly safe for corals/ inverts- and much harder to find in a 16oz bottle
I've read mixed reviews on whether the marine one is safe for reef tanks or not. Most suggestions I had read were to go with the reef one for a reef tank and marine for fowlr tanks but with how much every tank differs I'm sure it doesn't make much of a difference with which one you go with. I myself decided to use the product the company made for reef tanks in my reef tank it just seemed safer to me because if there's no difference there likely wouldn't be 2 separate products from the manufacturer. Then again many people also say vibrant nuked their tank and in my experience that's never been the case so I guess at the end of the day there's only one way to find out. I'd like to follow along with how it works for you against the bubble algae, so far it appears to be working on the turf algae for me but very slowly.
Right now all I see are maybe a dozen scattered around the 13g- I'm going to start out with removal of the rocks/ scrape and treat with peroxide to start- if it shows up in the 40, I may have to treat- hopefully I won't have to treat the 13 at all- and yeah, I got the marine one- says it's safe for corals- maybe the reef one is safer for sps?
If its only a few then that's definitely a good plan to knock it out. And I'm sure your right about the reef one being for sps that actually makes alot of sense. Hopefully it works for me against the turf algae. I'm on my 5th week of dosing. I'm going to see where the algae is at by my 9th week as recommended and decide to continue dosing or not.
I've read that they are fine once you have it under control, but not for outbreaks. Don't think an emerald would work in my 13 lol
You could try razor from brightwell aquatics. Ive used it with no noticeable effects to fish/coral/inverts and my bubble infestation was gone maybe 3 weeks after the last dose. The only thing after I noticed was a cyano outbreak nothing crazy though a couple water changes and good to go
Adding an emerald crab ( or 2) to a 13 gal, would look like adding Godzilla- and would it would probably start eating my zoas after a day or 2- pods, I got plenty of amphipods along with hermits and snails- will wait and see
