Green Bubble Algae ??

[sessydude]

I recently put in a green striped mushroom in my 90 gal tank. They are doing great !! However I noticed on the rock that they came on that there were two small green bubbles. I have heard of green bubble algae and thought that maybe that is what it is. I have no pics right now, but will take some tonight and post later.

I noticed a new green bubble on the other side of the tank now. Should I take them out ? are they bad ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

The mushrooms were put in 6 days ago.

Thanks all

[Ichthus]

Emerald crabs work best to get rid of them. Try not and punture them as they will spread. Youcan prick them off with a needle or such but have siphon hose there too to pull up the debris. Having 2 people helps with this. Somepeople wait until they get very large and then pry off of rock and remove manually. "I have crabs" and they work great as I just had about 10 spots with bubble algae a few weeks ago. They are slowly disappearing. HTH

[GaReefer]

Take them out, they are very bad but like Ichthus said, do not puncture them or their spores will spread and you will be well on your way to a major outbreak.

[sessydude]

Thanks for the input, would it be better to take the rocks out that they are on and then remove them ?

Or just pop them off inside the tank......or maybe the emerald crabs would just be the way to go.

Do the emeralds have any enemies ?.....should I worry about putting them in with any of my existing crabs,snails,shrimp,fish etc ?

thanks again !!

[dark horge]

Try:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-0...ture/index.htm



Lengthy, pretentious, and intermittently incoherent...
But, probably still useful in parts.

[tdwyatt]

Originally posted by dark horge
Lengthy, pretentious, and intermittently incoherent...
But, probably still useful in parts...

Well-written by one who is, I understand, one of the most bashful and modest reef aurthors on the Internet today...

[sessydude]

Thanks Darkhorge.....that was a very helpful article....I do love scientist talk......

What I mainly got out of it was to get it out of the tank.

I am assuming that since it was imported on a rock with the coral on it, that I have not created an algae problem, just introduced it. All tank parameters are great and I only have a few small fish so far.

Thanks again to you all for your wise and knowledgeable input. (that was the extent of my scientific talk)