Get an emerald crab if bubble algae show up again. He'll make short work.So my tank has been fairly quiet for some time. Of course the dark side of me says there must be chaos just brewing below the surface, pun intended ;Joyful . Last night when I got home from work I noticed my Duncan was closed. I didn’t think much as something is always mad in my tank, but this afternoon still closed tight.
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So I started really examining my tank, and eww gross.
First, I got three pipe organs from WWC. I was so excited to get these. When they were still on my frag rack I notice two had bubble algae on it. I popped them all off there plugs and cut the frag where the bubble algae was. I didn’t do a great job as two didn’t recover, and one only had one tube left;Doctor. I wasn’t ready to give up on them though and I thought I had got it all... well nope. While searching the tank I found more bubbly algae on my cloves.
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I pulled this out and popped the bubble algae off. I didn’t know it was hard. I thought there was only one, but there were three.
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Next while looking at my torch what do we see there
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vermetid snails. There were three on this coral. So I pulled it out and scrapped the tubes off at the base.
Still not sure why my Duncan is closed. Since cleaning my skimmer it’s actually working and not overflowing constantly, so maybe it’s just not use to a clean tank. Probably should actually test some parameters.
Also to add to the joy of all this tank grossness while I’m elbow deep in the tank my dog starts making that sound that makes any dog own wake from a deep sleep. My 1 year old is napping so I’m yell-whispering at him to get off the carpet... he didn’t make it
Regards to the vermetid, I just take my coral ice glue and dab a dollop (yes I said dollop) on the opening and leave be. The coral will encrusted over and cover it in time. Scraping them sometimes works. Sometimes you leave traces and the water flow picks it up and they spawn elsewhere.