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Valonia bubble algae and instead of adding a crab for 9 little bubbles, keep it simple and have some fun . . . . . .
STOP SPREADING THIS MIS-INFORMATION!!!yes and DO NOT pop it in the tank. Get that out of the tank and try to remove without popping. If it pops rinse it real good with tank water or RO (again NOT in the tank) that stuff spreads like crazy
tell that to my tanks.....and the ones at my lfs.......and algae barn https://www.algaebarn.com/blog/other/bubble-algae-how-bad-is-it/ "Inside the cytoplasm-filled bubble are copious free-floating, individual nuclei, each capable of growing into a new bubble. Thus, bursting them can hardly be considered a reasonable method of control; doing so releases hundreds or even thousands of new recruits into the water column."STOP SPREADING THIS MIS-INFORMATION!!!
You can pop bubble algae in the tank -- it DOES NOT make it spread!
Thanks!Small bubbles not sexually mature enough to harbor fertile spores.
Heres your rabbit hole of info...
Popping Bubble Algae: Let's settle this once and for all!
Not pooping but popping bubble algae! :D We all at some point or another get green bubble algae. When we're new to the hobby we think it's pretty. Heck some stores have been known to prey, I mean sell it to their new customers. Once it gets out of control it can cover everything including rock...www.reef2reef.com
So how exactly do emerald crabs pop and eat the bubble algae without it spreading??tell that to my tanks.....and the ones at my lfs.......and algae barn https://www.algaebarn.com/blog/other/bubble-algae-how-bad-is-it/ "Inside the cytoplasm-filled bubble are copious free-floating, individual nuclei, each capable of growing into a new bubble. Thus, bursting them can hardly be considered a reasonable method of control; doing so releases hundreds or even thousands of new recruits into the water column."
not saying them popping it doesn't spread it. In fact, as I quoted it is a single cell creature with all of that free floating nuclei inside to spread does greatly increase the chance of it spreading. So just because a bunch of hobbyists in a R2R thread say that popping it does not spread it, does not therefore make their assumptions true either.So how exactly do emerald crabs pop and eat the bubble algae without it spreading??
(THE FACT THAT OTHERS HAVE REPEATED FALSE INFO DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE!)
I never cited anything.However, the thread you sited
You can pop them, its just fluid. No worse than moving them to get them out.yes and DO NOT pop it in the tank. Get that out of the tank and try to remove without popping. If it pops rinse it real good with tank water or RO (again NOT in the tank) that stuff spreads like crazy
Really?? Have you watched a crab rip apart a piece of bubble algae?The crabs suck most of the juice