ZOO or marble

grue

Member
This guy has had 1 marble ever since I got him. What makes ZOO's marble up?
Water is perfect 0amm 0trates 0trites 0phos
 

jaymz

Member
if you try to remove the bubble algae, dont pop the 'marble' you will spread the bubble algae everywhere. I wold use my fingers just so you can feel how firm the bubble is when trying to remove it.
 

ceasar08

Member
is it a better i dea to get the frag out and get off the algae out of the tank just as caution.thats how i do with mine
 

grue

Member
Pulled frag out. Now playing with 3 marbles
Rinsed corals in tap water
All gud now. Thanks for the heads up
Grue
 

earnit33

Member
you can also use a hose! get a siphon started and hold tube next to bubble when removing if it burst the siphon will suck it out and it want spread,if you don;t want to remove from tank and do it!
 

nano reefer

Active Member
Originally Posted by coraljunky
http:///forum/post/2685863
tap water?

relax, i do it. as long as temp is the same. or unless he lives in New Jersey.
and i seriously doubt his trates are 0 and that he didnt test them. if a tank has a spec of algae it cant have 0 trates. and zooxanthellae on corals count as algae so if ou have corals your nitrates cant possibly be 0. close, but not 0.
 

nano reefer

Active Member
Originally Posted by coraljunky
http:///forum/post/2685977
Uuhhh, shock it with chlorine, metals, high ph, etc.......is ok?
again, depends on where you live. i use tap for my tank. chlorine evaporates faster than water, pH is the same, i dont have metals, and if its a quick rinse its fine. I use tap and havent had algae in my tanks since 2 months after i started, and nitrates are always below 10.
Maybe in Florida where there is more muddy swampland they may treat the water using stuff unhealthy for corals, but just because its tap, doesnt make it a sin.
 

dogfaceman

Member
Originally Posted by Nano Reefer
http:///forum/post/2685979
again, depends on where you live. i use tap for my tank. chlorine evaporates faster than water, pH is the same, i dont have metals, and if its a quick rinse its fine. I use tap and havent had algae in my tanks since 2 months after i started, and nitrates are always below 10.
Maybe in Florida where there is more muddy swampland they may treat the water using stuff unhealthy for corals, but just because its tap, doesnt make it a sin.
I doubt you have NO metals in your tap water, even most of the high powered RO/DI systems cant get all of the metals out
 

rs1831

Active Member
Next time I would just take out a little tank water and clean the bubble algae off in that. Nice blasto.
 
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