Bubble Algea Question

Good info, thanks! My buddy (nano-cubist) found a few tiny bubbles (pin-head sized) today and I pulled the rock and scrubbed it down to the white w/ a stainless steel brush.... rinsed in SW, and back into the tank. I'll be on the look out for more.... they look kinda cool, but I don't need 10,00,000 of them.

 

try to pluck/scrape instead of scrub when you can. with some species of nuisance algae the scrubbing sends a bunch of small pieces that can grow. more of a problem with species like gelidium or chondria which readily attached after being set in drift than bubble algae, but I figured after reading the whole thread I should get to post something.

 

yep... they're back. I will try plucking under my siphon some time later this week during my WC. if that doesn't work this rock's getting nuked.

 

has any one ever tried kalk burning algea

 

Another comment on bubble algae - be sure to check your power heads. I actually had a patch growing inside one of my Koralia power heads, which was probably spewing spores everywhere!

 

actually I tried it a while ago when I was nuking aptasia. I squirted the kalk paste in two different spots of algae with a syringe and it stayed there for about a week, unfortunately the algea did not die, the alge seemed unaffected by it. I have also tried squirting it into bubble algae and it also seemed unaffected.