Keith A.
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I've been having an outbreak of red bubble algae (Botryocladia Skottsbergii, a.k.a. Red Valonia) in my reef tank. Has anyone heard of yellow Hawaiian tangs eating them?
mr_X said:Any fish is going to be hit or miss. How much of an outbreak do you have? I haven't seen that stuff really get a good foothold. How about cutting back on feeding and doing water changes? Put the siphon hose over the bubbles and then pluck them off, so if you break them, the spores will be sucked up.
Travis55 said:Ive heard emerald crabs will eat it.
Well, the Foxface has done a pretty good job. He wasn't the total cure, but he helped clean up the bubbles.
Just ordered some more Zoas from the guy on EBay. Have the Aussie purple ones coming as well as some of the orange bullseye ones.
I have a big colony of Zoas ad want to add more variation. Easy to grow and they don't cause trouble!
Gregcoyote said:When they are big enough to attack the tough skin on the algae, they are too big for the tank...
Tmyboy said:I must have gotten really lucky the because my emerald gobbled them up. I put him in there when the bubble algae 1st started popping up and he was munching on it by the next day.
Truth be told....I had no idea he would eat it (pretty fresh in the hobby at that time) but glad he did. Was all gone after 1 week and he's still going strong these days. Ugly hairy little critter!