4' x 3' Reef build - The new BIONIC Reef!

[caferacermike]

DON'T POP IT.

I cannot believe nobody has said it yet. Basically bubble algae fills with spores causing it to expand. When you pop it you release thousands of spores into your tank. You must very carefully remove it from the rock without popping it.

You know the answers are the standard lights out and heavy/frequent water changes.

Good luck.

Any chance you feel it's from using natural light? I'm adding the mechanical butterfly dampers to mine so I can control the amount of light that comes in every day.

[Bill S]

Mike, I've got a 25w unit sitting in the garage, with a relatively new bulb in it, that you are welcome to use.

[Texreefer]

No stranger to bubble algea,, I'm way past the don't pop it stage.. poping them and continually removing them before they get big may be my only option.. no, i don't think the sunlight is a cause,,


Bill, I might come get it and try it out

DON'T POP IT.

I cannot believe nobody has said it yet. Basically bubble algae fills with spores causing it to expand. When you pop it you release thousands of spores into your tank. You must very carefully remove it from the rock without popping it.

You know the answers are the standard lights out and heavy/frequent water changes.

Good luck.

Any chance you feel it's from using natural light? I'm adding the mechanical butterfly dampers to mine so I can control the amount of light that comes in every day.

[Texreefer]

Talk about a trip down memory lane.. It has been about 9 months since the fatefull decision to tear down the original plywood tank.... 8 months worth of broken skimmers, chiller disasters, back to back tank cracking disasters, and now I have been up and running for just under 3 months.. Its hard to believe that I have several fish(including a green mandarin), a clam, and corals that are almost 3 years old and have made it through all this

[sharkboy]

any updated tank pics?

[Texreefer]

Here is a little Picture tour
the original plywood tank right after setup, note yellow tang


same tank year and a half later


here you can tell i had cut original hole to eventually fit new tank


first new tank before it cracked


and finally after a second cracked tank i'm back in business


and I still have old yeller.
Thanks for playing,,,,..... goodnight!

[DrMark]

Glad you are.
Glad the tang and you made it through it all.

[sharkboy]

nice comeback!!!

[dustint21]

Looking GREAT!

[SoLiD]

I'm Glad you hung in there, Mike. Good Job