What is this on my coral

steo123 · 02/15/2019, 04:10 PM

I just got a new piece of coral in my tank and I worried about 3 bubble like things that I noticed when put in tank

Thanks in advance

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FishAndPhysics · 02/15/2019, 04:28 PM

Can you take a picture under white light?

mcgyvr · 02/15/2019, 04:32 PM

Likely to just be Valonia bubble algae..
But yes...please turn the blue channel way down or off for identification shots...All that blue destroys proper color rendition and often hurts the focus too..

steo123 · 02/15/2019, 04:47 PM

There ya go

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mcgyvr · 02/15/2019, 05:50 PM

Yep.. Normal Valonia (bubble algae)...and see the massive difference in the pictures..so much better

You can pull them off and trash them...try not to pop them...

FishAndPhysics · 02/15/2019, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Yep.. Normal Valonia (bubble algae)...and see the massive difference in the pictures..so much better

You can pull them off and trash them...try not to pop them...

Agreed. But, if nutrients are low they will generally behave though. I have a bubble or two which I know about in my tank, they have been there for a year or two at least and not spread.

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steo123 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 51	What is this on my coral I just got a new piece of coral in my tank and I worried about 3 bubble like things that I noticed when put in tank Thanks in advance Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

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02/15/2019, 04:32 PM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Likely to just be Valonia bubble algae.. But yes...please turn the blue channel way down or off for identification shots...All that blue destroys proper color rendition and often hurts the focus too.. __________________ Who me?

02/15/2019, 05:50 PM	#5
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Yep.. Normal Valonia (bubble algae)...and see the massive difference in the pictures..so much better You can pull them off and trash them...try not to pop them... __________________ Who me?

02/15/2019, 04:47 PM	#4
steo123 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 51	There ya go Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk