Mystery ID w/ pictures

LockeOak · 10/15/2007, 07:53 PM

When I moved my tank a local reefer kept all of my livestock for a couple of months and then shipped everything to me. When I got the shipment everything was fine except for this new... thing. I have no idea what it is, it looks kind of like the tentacles of a bubble coral but has no skeleton that I can see. I've never had a bubble coral in my tank, and as far as I know there weren't any other corals in the storage tank except mine. The "bubbles" are quite firm and do not withdraw at night. They're attached by the little bit of red tissue that can be seen in the second picture. Hermit included for scale. There's a red mushroom just to the left of it in the first picture. Ideas? Coral? Algae?

tcmfish · 10/15/2007, 07:57 PM

My first guess was a bubble coral but if you can't see the skeleton its a tough call maybe someone else will post.

LockeOak · 10/15/2007, 08:08 PM

That red tissue in the second picture is all I can see of the base of it. No skeleton visible.

dela · 10/15/2007, 08:40 PM

You sure it's not just some bubble algae?

LockeOak · 10/15/2007, 08:45 PM

I don't know. It could be some sort of red alga, but I've never seen any like this.

dela · 10/15/2007, 09:35 PM

I was thinking some kind of valonia after having gone sexual and gone clear.

dela · 10/15/2007, 09:37 PM

But the red base is not typical valonia... which I guess you already knew!

Paintbug · 10/16/2007, 07:13 PM

looks like a small Colpomenia sinuosa ,which is another type of bubble algae. google up some images, the pic here is not that great.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-0...ture/index.php

10/15/2007, 07:53 PM	#1
LockeOak Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 839	Mystery ID w/ pictures When I moved my tank a local reefer kept all of my livestock for a couple of months and then shipped everything to me. When I got the shipment everything was fine except for this new... thing. I have no idea what it is, it looks kind of like the tentacles of a bubble coral but has no skeleton that I can see. I've never had a bubble coral in my tank, and as far as I know there weren't any other corals in the storage tank except mine. The "bubbles" are quite firm and do not withdraw at night. They're attached by the little bit of red tissue that can be seen in the second picture. Hermit included for scale. There's a red mushroom just to the left of it in the first picture. Ideas? Coral? Algae?

10/16/2007, 07:13 PM	#8
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	looks like a small Colpomenia sinuosa ,which is another type of bubble algae. google up some images, the pic here is not that great. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-0...ture/index.php __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

10/15/2007, 07:57 PM	#2
tcmfish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,658	My first guess was a bubble coral but if you can't see the skeleton its a tough call maybe someone else will post.

10/15/2007, 08:08 PM	#3
LockeOak Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 839	That red tissue in the second picture is all I can see of the base of it. No skeleton visible.

10/15/2007, 08:40 PM	#4
dela Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: St Louis Posts: 1,526	You sure it's not just some bubble algae?

10/15/2007, 08:45 PM	#5
LockeOak Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 839	I don't know. It could be some sort of red alga, but I've never seen any like this.

10/15/2007, 09:35 PM	#6
dela Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: St Louis Posts: 1,526	I was thinking some kind of valonia after having gone sexual and gone clear.

10/15/2007, 09:37 PM	#7
dela Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: St Louis Posts: 1,526	But the red base is not typical valonia... which I guess you already knew!