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nextlevelreef
05/12/2009, 07:08 PM
cant get rid of this stuff any pointers i have been battling this for a while now is getting very frustrating GRRRRRR!

water params are perfect
change carbon GFO biweekey
RO/DI TDS is 0
weekly water changes

cant seem to get hold of this
HELP!

Thanks mike
SaltyDr
05/12/2009, 07:48 PM
manual removal
Rouselb
05/12/2009, 08:20 PM
you have to manually remove it. There is still something in your tank that is feeding it. I had it for years until i upgraded skimmers. Its amazing what a really good skimmer can do. It stop growing and within 3 months i pretty much had eliminated it.
TROYREEFER
05/12/2009, 11:13 PM
Manual removal is the best way. And you can get yourself an emrald crab or two to keep it under control.
gooyferret
05/12/2009, 11:17 PM
Check your nitrates also what are those at for PPM?
docalatamu
05/13/2009, 11:14 AM
the ones you can grab, go ahead and get them out, the others you can see, or are too small to remove, I say pop them as you are siphoning water out for a water change. I held a bent paper clip in front of the hose to pop the smaller ones and suck out the spores so they dont infect the rest of the tank

check these bad boys:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc263/donfishy76/Fish%20Stuff/IMG_0526.jpg
tatoofr
05/13/2009, 11:32 AM
Emerald crabs and your problem will be sloved.
Frank
nextlevelreef
05/13/2009, 04:20 PM
i have a deltec ap 600 skimmer and my nitrates are at 0 im gona trya emerald crab and see how that goes
xJake
05/13/2009, 04:34 PM
Emerald (Mithrax) crabs are almost a guaranteed solution, but like all crabs they are opportunistic feeders. That meaning, once they run out of Valonia sp. to eat, they will begin looking for other sources of nourishment. I would suggest a combination of manual removal and 1 or 2 mithrax crabs to help combat the issue. Eventually though, you should remove the mithrax crabs when your problem is under control. I suggest moving them to your sump or refugium, so that if there is another bubble algae bloom then you have them on hand to combat it.
tatoofr
05/13/2009, 05:38 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15005572#post15005572 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by xJake
Emerald (Mithrax) crabs are almost a guaranteed solution, but like all crabs they are opportunistic feeders. That meaning, once they run out of Valonia sp. to eat, they will begin looking for other sources of nourishment. I would suggest a combination of manual removal and 1 or 2 mithrax crabs to help combat the issue. Eventually though, you should remove the mithrax crabs when your problem is under control. I suggest moving them to your sump or refugium, so that if there is another bubble algae bloom then you have them on hand to combat it.

Very well said
RobbyVonAwesome
05/13/2009, 08:58 PM
Emerald crabs will help, but as you said, manual removal will still be required. I had the particularly small variety of bubble algae a few months ago and it took several times of scraping it off my rock, but eventually I won the battle. If I had put some emerald crabs in after the first treatment, I probably would not have had to do it again.