Bubble Algea Question

So I have one bubble about the size of a nickel. It is wedged so I dont think I can get to it.

I added 3 Emeralds, but now I am thinking that if you should not let this thing POP, how is an emerald helpful ? Wouldnt it start eating it and pop the bubble and spread it ?

Any advice on removal ?

Cheers

 

Besides......everyone says that your not suppose to pop the bubble algae. Tell me then, are the emerald crabs suppose to eat them whole? Im trying to imagine what an emerald crab would look like after eating a bunch of whole pieces of bubble algae! lol

 

Thats my point, so everyone say emerald crabs, but how can they without popping ?

Any other tried and true methods ? I only have a single bubble.

 

Do you have any critical life on the rock? If you don't, I would pull the rock out and manually remove the bubble then spray it down with RO/DI water. I would then QT that rock in a bucket of SW for a couple weeks.

 

Our bubble algae is almost down to nothing now. We manually removed the bubbles (intact if possible) with either tongs or tweezers, usually doing this with a water change with the siphon going. One of use would remove the bubbles with the other one suctioning right behind (in case spores were released) - kind of like surgery! I still look once a week during water change time and remove any I see, but it's getting less and less. I'm hoping the new refugium will help too!

 

Nothing on the rock but removing it may be tough
I will take a closer look at that option

May be possible to slide in a razor on the edges

Investigate more when the lights come back on


Cheers

 

By the way, my 2 emerald crabs don't touch the bubble algae, which was the reason I hired them!!!

 

Well, I had a chance to remove the rock, since the Xenia that was on top of it fell to the bottom today. I re positioned the Xenia , then removed the rock and removed the bubble, rinsed it down, then put it back.

Hopefully that will do it.