pat8you
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So i have a problem with bubble algae. It has been going on for months now and i've been trying to fight it. Picking off and siphoning. In the last month i have had to leave my tank at home for my mom to take care of while i finish up my last semester at school and she doesn't have the time to constantly pick all this stuff out and its begining to get worse.
I added a sump (25gal or so) to my tank and put in a skimmer. There is also a ball of cheato that has been growing but just from the light comming into the room. They are going to get a bulb for it this weekend to help it grow a bit better. I have also been running activated carbon for 3-5 days at a time every 2-3 three weeks.
I have a clown goby that i've been having trouble with keeping fed. He is very she and i've noticed a few times that he gets skinny behind his fins where his stomich is. so to make sure he is healthy i feed small amounts (what can be eaten in about 30 sec or so) every day. I don't want to cut back on feeding more becuase i don't want him to starve but i know this is probably contributing to the bubble algae.
I know emerald crabs can eat the stuff but they have been reported as hit or miss and i don't like putting crabs in my tank anyway so that isn't really an option. Is there anything else i can do to try and get rid of this algae? I will ask my mom to take some water test this weekend since i know someone will ask. Typically my nitrates are <10 and phospates are 0.
I've also noticed that the bubble algae grows 2 or 3 times as much and spreads like mad on my sun coral? an ideas why it likes that so much?
I added a sump (25gal or so) to my tank and put in a skimmer. There is also a ball of cheato that has been growing but just from the light comming into the room. They are going to get a bulb for it this weekend to help it grow a bit better. I have also been running activated carbon for 3-5 days at a time every 2-3 three weeks.
I have a clown goby that i've been having trouble with keeping fed. He is very she and i've noticed a few times that he gets skinny behind his fins where his stomich is. so to make sure he is healthy i feed small amounts (what can be eaten in about 30 sec or so) every day. I don't want to cut back on feeding more becuase i don't want him to starve but i know this is probably contributing to the bubble algae.
I know emerald crabs can eat the stuff but they have been reported as hit or miss and i don't like putting crabs in my tank anyway so that isn't really an option. Is there anything else i can do to try and get rid of this algae? I will ask my mom to take some water test this weekend since i know someone will ask. Typically my nitrates are <10 and phospates are 0.
I've also noticed that the bubble algae grows 2 or 3 times as much and spreads like mad on my sun coral? an ideas why it likes that so much?