Need help identifying this !!!!

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 03:22 PM

I have noticed this growing on a rock that untill a couple weeks ago had some large hairy pollyps on the rock. I moved the rock because I thought a it needed less intense light. Now there is only two very small pollyps and these wierd blobs. they are hard to the touch, does anyone know what thery are?

TitansFan · 07/03/2006, 03:34 PM

bubble algae? Can you wedge it off the rock and if you take it out of the tank does it pop if squeezed? Don't pop it in the tank...

Paintbug · 07/03/2006, 03:35 PM

looks like bubble algae to me as well.

Sea Ninja · 07/03/2006, 04:45 PM

It is definitly bubble algae. You need to pull it out of your tank and then cut it off in a bucket or something like it. You do not want to pop it in your tank because this will cause a massive spread. And wash your rock before putting it back into your tank.

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 07:46 PM

Thanks for the replies everyone. I will take your advise and scrub the rock in a bucket. I am going to do a water change tomarrow and will do it then. Thanks again.

baja_01 · 07/03/2006, 07:48 PM

The small bubbles look like agle, but the big center one almost looks like a coral.

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 07:52 PM

Does anyone have a good techique for cleaning this type of algar off of a rock with two small hairy pollyps on it?

lessans · 07/03/2006, 07:54 PM

I had a single bubble alga in my tank back in the fall. I scraped it off the rock very carefully while the rock was still in its original position and took it out of the tank. I never scrubbed the rock afterwards in fact I never even cleaned it or rubbed down the area where the alga had been after I removed it. I don't see why you would need to scrub down the rock before you put it back in the tank just make sure you get it all off the rock when you scrape.

thor32766 · 07/03/2006, 07:57 PM

yeah bubble algea.

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 08:03 PM

new pic

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 08:06 PM

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 08:08 PM

sorry for the bad pic. This one is on the top of the rock.

Thanks for the help

xtrstangx · 07/03/2006, 08:13 PM

Bubble algae (valonia).

Try reducing your phosphates and nitrates.. you could also try an emerald crab, but thats kind of risky.

mhigg71 · 07/03/2006, 08:20 PM

i have had high Nitrates and am taking steps to reduce them.

07/03/2006, 03:22 PM	#1
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72	Need help identifying this !!!! I have noticed this growing on a rock that untill a couple weeks ago had some large hairy pollyps on the rock. I moved the rock because I thought a it needed less intense light. Now there is only two very small pollyps and these wierd blobs. they are hard to the touch, does anyone know what thery are?

07/03/2006, 03:35 PM	#3
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	looks like bubble algae to me as well. __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

07/03/2006, 04:45 PM	#4
Sea Ninja Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orange ca Posts: 56	It is definitly bubble algae. You need to pull it out of your tank and then cut it off in a bucket or something like it. You do not want to pop it in your tank because this will cause a massive spread. And wash your rock before putting it back into your tank. __________________ Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a life time. Current Tank Info: Cycling 20 Gallon

07/03/2006, 07:48 PM	#6
baja_01 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: AZ,USA Posts: 887	The small bubbles look like agle, but the big center one almost looks like a coral. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

07/03/2006, 07:54 PM	#8
lessans Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 913	I had a single bubble alga in my tank back in the fall. I scraped it off the rock very carefully while the rock was still in its original position and took it out of the tank. I never scrubbed the rock afterwards in fact I never even cleaned it or rubbed down the area where the alga had been after I removed it. I don't see why you would need to scrub down the rock before you put it back in the tank just make sure you get it all off the rock when you scrape. __________________ "Oh, Mother, I come baring a gift. I'll give you a hint. It's in my diaper and it's not a toaster" -Stewie Griffin Current Tank Info: current tank: 20 gal reef; former tanks: 65 gal reef, 10 gal freshwater

07/03/2006, 03:34 PM	#2
TitansFan Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 1,364	bubble algae? Can you wedge it off the rock and if you take it out of the tank does it pop if squeezed? Don't pop it in the tank...

07/03/2006, 07:46 PM	#5
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72	Thanks for the replies everyone. I will take your advise and scrub the rock in a bucket. I am going to do a water change tomarrow and will do it then. Thanks again.

07/03/2006, 07:52 PM	#7
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72	Does anyone have a good techique for cleaning this type of algar off of a rock with two small hairy pollyps on it?

07/03/2006, 07:57 PM	#9
thor32766 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chuluota, FL Posts: 6,072	yeah bubble algea. __________________ "Live your life so no one has to lie about who you were at your funeral" click on my red house to see my tang compound! Current Tank Info: 29 gallon in Wall!

07/03/2006, 08:03 PM	#10
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72	new pic

07/03/2006, 08:06 PM	#11
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72

07/03/2006, 08:08 PM	#12
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72	sorry for the bad pic. This one is on the top of the rock. Thanks for the help

07/03/2006, 08:13 PM	#13
xtrstangx Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shawnee, Kansas Posts: 4,568	Bubble algae (valonia). Try reducing your phosphates and nitrates.. you could also try an emerald crab, but thats kind of risky.

07/03/2006, 08:20 PM	#14
mhigg71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 72	i have had high Nitrates and am taking steps to reduce them.