popping bubble algae

So today I finally decided to get rid of my bubble algae problem.. it was bad.. I found more and more and more. I took out each rock that had any on it and manually removed as much possible in a 5 gal bucket.. I tried my best not to pop them but I popped a lot.. they were in tight spaces.. anyways I rinsed them off in the bucked and placed them back in the tank. is that okay? or will I still have spores eveywhere in my tank?

 

That's one of the ways they spread spores... so you'll likely have some more pop (pun intended) up.

 

I popped them outside the tank. and rinsed them off in a separate bucket, there was no way I could not pop some of them... Rocks were covered in the stuff where I couldn't see them it was worse than I thought

 

You may have to repeat the procedure but you kept it to a minimum with the way you did it.

 

+1 plus they will pop on their own eventually, so better some, than all. Just keep vigilant.

 

and are u running some kind of macro that can out compete the bubble algae and yea u might have to repeat

 

I've popped some in my tank and only saw minimal repopulate. I think you should be ok since you rinsed the rock. However, as others have said you will most likely see some regrowth.

 

Okay good to know! I tried my best to get it all out .. I had a lot more than I thought.. I have two emerald crabs that don't seem to be doing the job... And bioreef I DO have macro algae.. hopefully it won't come back so bad.. I could run some GFO as well or carbon maybe.. I have alot of hydroids.. Im thinking I might be over feeding... maybe too much light. Everything else is doing just fine no other signs of algae growth.

 

I had a run in with it to, a red sailfin tank took care on it for me. He was a little high 100.00 put he has been a great fish if I were to lose him it would really hurt me. He has personnality plus, eats from my hand, sometimes I think he loves me to.

 

Sometimes bubble algae just happens, comes in on your new rock. Thus when removing manually if you pop a few you won’t see a population explosion if you have quality water. You did it in a bucket and rinsed the rock – you will be just fine. Now that being said, if they come back – you really should be looking at your excess nutrients.

Nitrate and phosphates in particular. Many people will tell you emerald crabs and trust me, this is true….these little buggers will go to work every time. But again, this is masking a problem and not resolving one. That is unless the algae came to you in the shape of a hitchhiker on new rock.