SuncrestReef Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I'm on the 5th week of dosing Vibrant twice weekly for a severe bubble algae infestation. In the first couple of weeks it took out the chaeto in my refugium, which I expected, but no noticeable impact on the bubble algae. But starting around week 4, I started noticing the bubble algae going from green to clear, and thinning out as many bubbles started detaching from the rocks and ending up in my filters. Each day this week, more and more have turned clear and started falling apart. It appears to finally be working.In this photo, it's difficult to see, but about 75% of the bubbles have turned clear: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 It worked for me on a small tank I had years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandVib3s Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Oh wow! Yea that stuff is power, I used it when I thought I had dinos.it was a golden type algae I still don't know. But anyways it worked and everything was gone. But after a few days of looking sparkling clear and the bottle ran out I started getting when I think was actually dinos lol. Well I've turned lights down, replace filter socks and did a black out period. Im still battling it now but its not as bad now. Hopefully you don't run into the problems I did when you finish the bottle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I probably shouldn't admit this..but, I throw in golf ball sized chunks of bubble alge in my tank ever now and again for my tangs,they love it lol. I pull it from my clownfish breeding system's sump. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Keep an eye on your nutrient levels. Vibrant starves the nutrients causing the algae to die. It's important to watch levels. The impact on corals may not occur for a couple weeks. This is only based on my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocboat Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Vibrant is the only thing that has ever worked on bubble algae for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Didn’t u just restart ur tank a few months ago. I’m curious where all the bubble algae came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I had success with emerald crabs going for them. I also know someone who managed the bubble algae with that creature. I hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 51 minutes ago, CuttleFishandCoral said: Didn’t u just restart ur tank a few months ago. I’m curious where all the bubble algae came from. Yes, I did start over, but I salvaged the surviving corals from my original tank, and since several were encrusted on a large rock, I brought that rock with the corals into the newly built tank. But of course it had some bubble algae and it quickly spread to the freshly cleaned rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 41 minutes ago, titus'reef said: I had success with emerald crabs going for them. I also know someone who managed the bubble algae with that creature. I hope it helps. I tried emerald crabs several times. None of them ever touched the bubble algae. It seems to be luck of the draw with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 1 hour ago, shaywood said: Keep an eye on your nutrient levels. Vibrant starves the nutrients causing the algae to die. It's important to watch levels. The impact on corals may not occur for a couple weeks. This is only based on my experience. Yes, I've been keeping an eye on my nitrate and phosphate several times per week. So far the parameters are within a good range. I did turn off my skimmer for a couple of weeks which helped keep the nutrient levels up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Vibrant is da bomb. I recently got tired of looking at bryopsis and a small amount of bubble algae and did a dose of fluconozole and started dosing vibrant. I guess putting the chaeto online is going to have to wait for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandVib3s Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Yea it definitely worked great for me, it does stay in the system awhile so the refugium will be vacant for awhile lol I've tried a month later and it just melted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 11/1/2021 at 3:12 PM, islandVib3s said: Yea it definitely worked great for me, it does stay in the system awhile so the refugium will be vacant for awhile lol I've tried a month later and it just melted. thanks for the tip!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryLimpet Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 It good stuff but don't use too much as it cause a break out of red slim in my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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