Transferring tanks but have bubble algae

[solitude127]

My current JBJ nano is filled with bubble algae and going to be replaced with a Red Sea Reefer 170. The new tank will have new rock and new sand but I want to transfer some of the corals from the JBJ over. My plan is to move all my current corals to a temporary tank while the rocks in the Red Sea cure. Come time to move my corals from the temporary tank to the Red Sea, how can ensure that there's no bubble algae coming with it? I plan to cut the corals off the rock but probably will have a little bit of the rock on the coral.

 

[Speaker73]

No idea but when you figure it out let me know. I have a ton of bubble algae in my current tank that I don't want to transfer over to a new tank.

 

[solitude127]

I wonder if a hydrogen peroxide dip on the corals would be devastating to the coral?

 

[nwayne567]

I wonder if a hydrogen peroxide dip on the corals would be devastating to the coral?

I had to hydrogen peroxide dipped 2 of my zoas.. they both got very very angry after I did it for about 3-5 days.. wouldn't open up at all. Now about day 7 they opened back up and look amazing. All the algae is gone also. I don't know how it works on different types of corals. But that's what happened with my zoas.


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[Reeferfourlife]

If your corals can be popped off the rock or plug, do that and dip the rest. Or only other option is to manual scrape them off. Then rinse the coral and rocks before putting it in temperorily tank. Just keep at it with some elbow grease. I got rid of mines like that. Takes a longtime tho. Slowly they will dissappear.

 

[solitude127]

I had to hydrogen peroxide dipped 2 of my zoas.. they both got very very angry after I did it for about 3-5 days.. wouldn't open up at all. Now about day 7 they opened back up and look amazing. All the algae is gone also. I don't know how it works on different types of corals. But that's what happened with my zoas.


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thanks for sharing

If your corals can be popped off the rock or plug, do that and dip the rest. Or only other option is to manual scrape them off. Then rinse the coral and rocks before putting it in temperorily tank. Just keep at it with some elbow grease. I got rid of mines like that. Takes a longtime tho. Slowly they will dissappear.

good idea about scrubbing the rock before I put in the temporary tank, I'll definitely have to do that

 

[Smite]

Mine are outta control right now. I'm tempted to get some new rock, cycle it in a tub and try and start over down the road but i'm not sure if Id just end up with them again. Anyone have a good DIY tool pop and syphon these suckers at the same time?

 

[Confuse]

What kind of corals are you transferring? I personally wouldn't risk it. Even with hydrogen peroxide. If you miss ONE bubble, you're doomed. If they're zoas, strip them off the rock/plug if you can.

 

[solitude127]

What kind of corals are you transferring? I personally wouldn't risk it. Even with hydrogen peroxide. If you miss ONE bubble, you're doomed. If they're zoas, strip them off the rock/plug if you can.

SI pectina, Jawbreaker, tie dye, gold torch, hammer coral, some acans, bowerbankis, Maxima clam, a couple of SPS, a few zoas and maybe a digi or two.

 

[BeanMachine]

I tried to be careful not bringing the bubble algae over to my new 45 gallon... cut the plugs off, scraped, remounted things. Used clean rock from my sump. But must have missed one or two as they are slowly coming back.

 

[lowbudget]

just pop them rinse them good

 

[Dragon3435]

Its hard to rid of them they will just come back some way or another. Even you have rid them they can be introduce to your new tank from frags from someone else. I battle bubble for years and I just let it be now. As long as you keep the nutrients down they back off a bit.

 

[bobstir]

Just get a bunch of emerald crabs (not just one or two). I had a pretty nasty bubble algae outbreak. Tried to remedy w/ 4 emerald crabs (2 in frag tank, 2 in display). Not much was happening. So I took it to +11 and got another 12 or so. No more bubble algae anywhere except some occasionally coming back in my overflow (light goes in it). When i remove it, I don't even throw it away... I drop it into the tanks to feed to the crabs.

When the bubbles are all gone, I supplement their diet (of scraps from feeding) w/ nori which they go to town on.

Haven't had any problems w/ them messing w/ the fish -- smallest fish in either of my tanks is a swissguard basselet. Some of them have grown to be quite large as well. I haven't had to remove any of them (live ones anyways), but I imagine catching them would be easy (e.g. when they are eating the nori)