Hey everyone i think i have a case of bubble algea in my live rock. I know one of my live rock had alot of it and i didnt mind b/c it wasnt spreading. Now its starting to over crowd my feather dusters. And on another live rock on the other side of the tank its starting to form more bubbl agea and theres a little bubble stock on the intake of the filter. Would it be safe to just "rip" these little bubbles off?
Bubble Algea
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the bubbles might pop spreading even more. emeral crabs are known to eat that alage, just make sure it'll be safe in your tank, and your tank will be safe from it.
i took the live rock out from the tanka nd placed it into a bucket of salt water and scraped the buble algea off. Little creatures started crawling all over the rock. i guess they made homes in the bubble clusters. i have green algea and red algea growing. im going to let that grow because it looks nice. Thank you for ur input wastememphis.
Stix87 said:
Not an expert but a couple months ago had lots of experience with it. What I learned:
Don't burst them in your tank, because they can release spores=bad. As someone else said emeral crabs can/do eat them. This make work for you if they are not too overly grown. They multiply really badly and can take over your tank if don't control them. I didn't know what they were and was incorrectly told they probably were sponges which is good. I guess I didn't describe them well. I had them everywhere, probably thousands and had to stop the tank and remove all lr and syphon or scoop them all out. I also had about that many bristle worms some that were probably a foot long thick as your pinky.
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