Is bubble algae really harmful?

[tonynader]

i have minor spots on my rocks containing bubble algae. Is this something needed to take care pretty quick. I just got an emerald crab but doesnt help too much.

 

[dragonzim]

Its not particularly harmful but it can spread and take over your tank. You can try removing the bubbles by hand as they should be hard but be careful not to break them open as you will release spores into the water that will make them spread faster.

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3109133
i have minor spots on my rocks containing bubble algae. Is this something needed to take care pretty quick. I just got an emerald crab but doesnt help too much.

I my sound crazy...I think it is pretty, it looks like marbles. Anyway, I busted a few years ago just hoping...nothing..the emerald crabs make sure it gets nowhere. So, your crab will get it be patient.

 

[tonynader]

ight i use a turkey baster to squirt it away. and the bubble just float up and dissapear when i do. Is that a bad idea?
And how is it caused?...by not enough flow in the area, too much feeding, or too much light i dunno hah

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3109658
ight i use a turkey baster to squirt it away. and the bubble just float up and dissapear when i do. Is that a bad idea?
And how is it caused?...by not enough flow in the area, too much feeding, or too much light i dunno hah
I think it hitchhikes on the rocks. They feel like plastic.

 

[tonynader]

Great ha. Well if it gets worse ill take more caution

 

[saltyjewell]

I removed a small one yesterday then found two huge ones and two small ones today. I was able to get the tw big ones out but not the little ones as there deep in holes

 

[tonynader]

how exactly do you get them out?

 

[saltyjewell]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3109672
how exactly do you get them out?
The big ones where in a big rut in the rock so I just used a knife to bump them out and got them with a turkey baster. The small ones are in tiny holes that I can't get at and the baster isn't strog enough to suck them out.

 

[tonynader]

oh damn your sucking them? ha i was just blowing them away

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3109682
oh damn your sucking them? ha i was just blowing them away

be gentle...they might pop.

 

[tonynader]

they dont pop they just float straight up....does that mean they just spread back again. Blowing them isnt getting rid of them huh?

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3109690
they dont pop they just float straight up....does that mean they just spread back again. Blowing them isnt getting rid of them huh?

Blowing them will just cause them to relocate. They might settle on the power head and you can get them from there. You can just gently pick them like a grape with your fingers.

 

[tonynader]

but they are soooooo tiny i dont think thats possible. they will just pop

 

[fretfreak13]

I heard of people syphoning them out when they do water changes. that way if they pop, the syphon will get the spores too.

 

[tonynader]

cool cool ill try that too. thanks

 

[fretfreak13]

Sure thing

 

[big]

Emerald Crabs may take a while??? Somethings hit and miss. But when I accidentally popped a big one a year or two ago, within weeks the little buggers where showing up.
Three small Emeralds where added and within a week or two they had vanished.

... Warren