I think i have bubble algea...

[sicklidkid]

Hi, today i found what i believe to be bubble algea. It is a shiny little green ball. What should i do?
THANKS

 

[tiredfish]

get yerself some emerald crabs. they like to chow down on such things.

 

[sicklidkid]

I have 2 already.

 

[tiredfish]

how long have they been in there? it took mine a while to eat it all but i have like only a couple of bubbles left. i also have a sally lightfoot crab. but im not really for sure what it eats but together they seem to be taking care of everything except green hair alge. hope this helps some.

 

[sicklidkid]

Well they have been in there for a while but there is only 1 bubble that i can see. And this is the first i have seen.

 

[tiredfish]

ohh... k... just dont try and pluck it out ..from what ive heard you'll spread that stuff all over which prolly what happened in my tank. i had like a couple hundred break out and i was very frustrated, and i think it was because i tried to manually remove it. i think you'll be good to go. your crabs will stumble upon it eventually.

 

[tiredfish]

ignore that k.

 

[RocketSeason]

that is the craziest stuff I've ever seen. My LFS has a hardcore breakout of that stuff all over their live rock. It looks like something you see in a betta bowl!

 

[sicklidkid]

Thanks e everyone!