Effective way to remove free bubble alage

[Jason Ng]

Hi experts

Any kind soul to advise the effective ways to clean up the green bubble alage? I tried sucking it off during wc but it just keep coming back.

Thanks

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[dreamscape]

There is no easy way to completely remove bubble algae. Mine has been around for awhile. U just have to keep removing it by hand and during water change and hope it will go away. Emerald crab will eat these algae. U can get some to help with the removal. However the crab will most likely burst the bubble and release the spore before eating. Hence the bubble algae will continue to reappear.

[JMW]

Manual removal can work, what has worked for me is to remove the rock from the tank, use a satay stick to dig out the entire bubble with its hard root. This is important so that it doesn't burst & spread spores.

[Jason Ng]

Thanks dreamscape and Jmw. Guess have to work harder during wc

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[Jason Ng]

Btw, which type of emerald crab works better? The blue legged type?

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[Jason Ng]

Think I mixed up with hermit crab, haha. Paiseh

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[julius]

Frag off the affected area or discard the rock 

[Jason Ng]

Thanks Julius

It's too much for me to discard the rock. It's all over the DT, rocks, sandbed. Even on the urchin😯

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