Bubble algae and rabbitfish

[ReefTiger]

So about a month ago I made a purchase of my first urchin in 15 yrs. A nice little tuxedo that I find entertaining. I was quite amused by the self-camoflauge behavior.

But.... I did not anticipate it obviously bursting what tiny amount of bubble aglae I had. Now I have a minor explosion of small vesicles which are too many and in difficult places to remove manually.

I realize it can be hit or miss with mithrax (plus I am hesitant to add crabs) and rabbitfish. I am still considering one as I could use a new fish. Would it be better to get a foxface type with the longer snout, or just the regular type of rabbitfish? Any experiences or advice. I had a yellow foxface a long time ago, but it was really annoying as it just swam back and forth across the front glass. It passed away when someone watched my tank while I was in Europe a few years ago.

Any advice/experience anyone?

 

[Anonymous]

My foxface lo doesn't touch the stuff. I had a fair amount of it, which I ended up manually removing. My mithrax crabs didn't touch it either. :?

 

[JC2005]

Recently acquired a Red Sea Sailfin who went nuts for the stuff. Also a great gardner, eats red filamentous and macro algaes. The books say they could eat bubble algae, I guess I got lucky.

 

[Meloco14]

I havent seen emerald crabs eat much bubble algae in my tank. I have sat and watched an emerald munch away on corraline while right next to bubble and caulerpa. I don't know about any fish eating it. But I would guess a lot of it has to do with luck.

 

[ReefTiger]

Well, no one replied early enough as I was impatient that day. So I ended up buying a golden rabbitfish. I've had him since the day of the opening post, and today I came home and saw him:

drumroll please..........

actually eating bubble algae!!!!

I am super pumped, and lucky!

 

[Anonymous]

Congratulations!