I've been lax on my reef maintenance since the holidays -- it's pretty much running on autopilot rn, but I plan to make this coming Sunday a water change and maintenance day to place some frags on rocks, trim up some macroalgae, etc.
ANYway, I got bubble algae from a frag a few months ago. Removed it but it eventually came back, and now I'm seeing it beginning to spread to two other frag plugs. It isn't on the rocks, I'm assuming b/c they're covered in coralline, ulva, halimeda, and red pom pom macro.
I will remove the bubble algae from the frag plugs when I do maintenance on Sunday, but my Q is really about how concerned I should be. My thinking was that I have other macro algae thriving in the display and have utilized it as part of my aquascape, so there is plenty to out-compete the bubble algae, and I have been paying a lot of attention to lowering and keeping nitrates low (like 10-15ppm low, not ultra-low). Do I need to be hyper-vigilant now and watch out for the bubble algae popping up elsewhere, or is it possible for it to just get out-competed?
ANYway, I got bubble algae from a frag a few months ago. Removed it but it eventually came back, and now I'm seeing it beginning to spread to two other frag plugs. It isn't on the rocks, I'm assuming b/c they're covered in coralline, ulva, halimeda, and red pom pom macro.
I will remove the bubble algae from the frag plugs when I do maintenance on Sunday, but my Q is really about how concerned I should be. My thinking was that I have other macro algae thriving in the display and have utilized it as part of my aquascape, so there is plenty to out-compete the bubble algae, and I have been paying a lot of attention to lowering and keeping nitrates low (like 10-15ppm low, not ultra-low). Do I need to be hyper-vigilant now and watch out for the bubble algae popping up elsewhere, or is it possible for it to just get out-competed?