Killing Bubble Algae with Reef HD Reef Flux

[Sanya]

I hurt that Desjardin's sailfin tang helps with bubble algae. I wonder if this is true?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I hurt that Desjardin's sailfin tang helps with bubble algae. I wonder if this is true?

I have one and its never touched it when I had bubble. Foxface more likely to attack it

 

[Sanya]

I bought Foxface for it but its never touched bubbles

 

[vetteguy53081]

I bought Foxface for it but its never touched bubbles

That’s weird-

 

[Coalminer]

This thread was helpful to me in dosing Reef Flux HD to deal with an overwhelming bubble algae problem, so I wanted to add my experience. Tried to get pics of the worst spots in my tank over the course of a month post dosing.

I bought one bottle, and used the whole thing on a 50 gal tank (about 45 gal of water) which worked out to about 2.5 times the recommended dose. I saw recommendations for anywhere from 1x to 4x the dose.

I performed one 5 gal water change after about 2.5 weeks, and another one yesterday (Feb 8). I expected N and P to increase due to the dying off of algae, but only got as high as N = 15 and P = 0.08. Still feeding as much food as fish will consume in 2-3 mins 2x a day.

There are a few spots of bubble algae left. Seem to be primarily in shaded spots. The first set of pics is still the worst spot in my tank. When you stand in front, there is basically no bubbles visible.

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[vetteguy53081]

This thread was helpful to me in dosing Reef Flux HD to deal with an overwhelming bubble algae problem, so I wanted to add my experience. Tried to get pics of the worst spots in my tank over the course of a month post dosing.

I bought one bottle, and used the whole thing on a 50 gal tank (about 45 gal of water) which worked out to about 2.5 times the recommended dose. I saw recommendations for anywhere from 1x to 4x the dose.

I performed one 5 gal water change after about 2.5 weeks, and another one yesterday (Feb 8). I expected N and P to increase due to the dying off of algae, but only got as high as N = 15 and P = 0.08. Still feeding as much food as fish will consume in 2-3 mins 2x a day.

There are a few spots of bubble algae left. Seem to be primarily in shaded spots. The first set of pics is still the worst spot in my tank. When you stand in front, there is basically no bubbles visible.

Jan 5

Jan 13

Jan 20

Jan 27

Feb 9

Jan 5

Jan 13

Jan 20

Jan 27

Feb 9

Flux is often an alternative and not solution. Its best for hair algae bryopsis IF it works.
Take a small needle and have 3/8 tubing ready and attach to end of tubing with rubber band and pop each one and siphon at same time- You will have removed all spores and foreign material in area.
Had to do this in the past with birdsnest coral and was gone 100%.
Other option is to add pitho crabs or emerald crabs (which I do not trust) which will eat them

 

[WetPringleChip]

no clue if I have a terribly persistent strain of bryopsis but over the past 3-4 weeks im now 80mg of this stuff into a 12.5 gallon water volume of a 15 gal tank. Hoping to clear it in all the small places. I want bryopsis gone forever as some people have successfully done. I started with 20mg then 30 40ish then full send to 4 entire pellets. I got tired of it. The bryopsis was so resilient and died so sparingly (where it did die) that my phosphates and nitrates, nitrites havent affected my coral. In fact they are doing amazing (as of now hopefully I dont jinx it). To be fair the large majority is gone but thats not the issue if itll just come back in a couple of months from the clearly living roots still hanging on tight to my rock. I starved my tank pretty much trying to get rid of it and finally found this which killed the majority. I found this article while digging for high dose reef flux and thank goodness i found someone with similar corals to mine. Makes me a little less concerned with losing coral. If it affects anything i have such a small tank i can do a quick 50% wc, drop in carbon and put my skimmer cup back in.

 

[vetteguy53081]

no clue if I have a terribly persistent strain of bryopsis but over the past 3-4 weeks im now 80mg of this stuff into a 12.5 gallon water volume of a 15 gal tank. Hoping to clear it in all the small places. I want bryopsis gone forever as some people have successfully done. I started with 20mg then 30 40ish then full send to 4 entire pellets. I got tired of it. The bryopsis was so resilient and died so sparingly (where it did die) that my phosphates and nitrates, nitrites havent affected my coral. In fact they are doing amazing (as of now hopefully I dont jinx it). To be fair the large majority is gone but thats not the issue if itll just come back in a couple of months from the clearly living roots still hanging on tight to my rock. I starved my tank pretty much trying to get rid of it and finally found this which killed the majority. I found this article while digging for high dose reef flux and thank goodness i found someone with similar corals to mine. Makes me a little less concerned with losing coral. If it affects anything i have such a small tank i can do a quick 50% wc, drop in carbon and put my skimmer cup back in.

Bryopsis and its sister strain derbesia is a battle and one of the more challenging of algae due to need of its complete removal. Removal is best accomplished by taking the rock out of tank and placing in a container of tank water. Then you will want to pull as much as you can by hand and discard. With a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull the roots off the rock. YOU MUST GET EVERY ROOT OR IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN !!
After you are done return rock to tank and reduce white light intensity and even hours of white light and add the following cleaners which will help with control. These guys will consume bryopsis but not as fast as bryopsis can grow - They will never keep up.
Pin cushion urchin, Chiton snails, pitho crabs, and larger astrea snails

This procedure is not as bad or time consuming as it seems. Assure phosphate levels do not become elevated which helps feed this algae

harbor Freight:

 

[WetPringleChip]

Bryopsis and its sister strain derbesia is a battle and one of the more challenging of algae due to need of its complete removal. Removal is best accomplished by taking the rock out of tank and placing in a container of tank water. Then you will want to pull as much as you can by hand and discard. With a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull the roots off the rock. YOU MUST GET EVERY ROOT OR IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN !!
After you are done return rock to tank and reduce white light intensity and even hours of white light and add the following cleaners which will help with control. These guys will consume bryopsis but not as fast as bryopsis can grow - They will never keep up.
Pin cushion urchin, Chiton snails, pitho crabs, and larger astrea snails

This procedure is not as bad or time consuming as it seems. Assure phosphate levels do not become elevated which helps feed this algae

harbor Freight:

I wish that was an option haha, i have a nano 15 gallon and my rocks are littered with corals. The roots are mixed, in, around, over, under, inbetween zoas, all sorts of lps, some sps. My rock was almost entirely covered and the roots run deep and are numerous. Im 99% sure unless i took everything out and left it in the sun to die for a month thatd be the only way to clear it if this reef flux doesnt polish off the roots.

Correct me if im wrong, from digging through forums and also observing the progress.. there is an obvious reaction to light. Light + bryopsis or the other strain you mentioned that I didnt even know was a thing, = death. I do know however how fast mine spread and was growing. I was plucking 2-3 times a week. It was growing inches every few days. But i think there is another way it interacts with at least what Im dealing with, it hasnt grown (the pockets of bryopsis in dark spots). Its green, healthy and strong but there is no new growth. So im hoping it starves out, or the cuc clean it up over time. Now to make it easier ive considered yanking it to the roots and seeing if my urchins run over it (i have 2 pin cushins in a 15 temporarily to help). Now im going to go find your recommended cuc. But im also curious in seeing what happens so that someone else can possibly benefit from my experience as I hope to from everybody elses posts.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I wish that was an option haha, i have a nano 15 gallon and my rocks are littered with corals. The roots are mixed, in, around, over, under, inbetween zoas, all sorts of lps, some sps. My rock was almost entirely covered and the roots run deep and are numerous. Im 99% sure unless i took everything out and left it in the sun to die for a month thatd be the only way to clear it if this reef flux doesnt polish off the roots.

Correct me if im wrong, from digging through forums and also observing the progress.. there is an obvious reaction to light. Light + bryopsis or the other strain you mentioned that I didnt even know was a thing, = death. I do know however how fast mine spread and was growing. I was plucking 2-3 times a week. It was growing inches every few days. But i think there is another way it interacts with at least what Im dealing with, it hasnt grown (the pockets of bryopsis in dark spots). Its green, healthy and strong but there is no new growth. So im hoping it starves out, or the cuc clean it up over time. Now to make it easier ive considered yanking it to the roots and seeing if my urchins run over it (i have 2 pin cushins in a 15 temporarily to help). Now im going to go find your recommended cuc. But im also curious in seeing what happens so that someone else can possibly benefit from my experience as I hope to from everybody elses posts.

Generally does not starve out as the culprit is roots that keep it thriving. Get rid of the roots and you get rid of the growth
We are talking Bryopsis and not bubble algae, correct?

 

[WetPringleChip]

Generally does not starve out as the culprit is roots that keep it thriving. Get rid of the roots and you get rid of the growth
We are talking Bryopsis and not bubble algae, correct?

Correct i just commented on this thread bc of the high dose part and seeing how it affected his corals. Im hoping with time and continuous dosing it whittles down and the cuc can get rid of the roots. Id never be able to pick em all out unless i scrape my coral and replace the rock. It snaps and doesnt pull in one piece so itd take days to get every little bit off. Ill have to see where the situation is in a few more weeks and change game plans if it hasnt changed since up-ing the dose