Any ideas what this is?

kaatmanduu · 10/03/2015, 04:15 PM

Some residents of the 'fuge. The green stuff is tear dropped shaped, almost like little bladders. The red stuff looks like red chaeto. Thanks in advance.

donut0079 · 10/03/2015, 04:23 PM

Green is bubble algae

LuciDog · 10/03/2015, 04:24 PM

Your green stuff is bubble algae.
No idea what the red stuff is.

kaatmanduu · 10/03/2015, 05:11 PM

My first thought was bubble algae as well, but any bubble algae I've seen before would burst if you looked at it sideways. This stuff is tough; almost like seaweed bladders. Here's one.

cloak · 10/03/2015, 05:25 PM

Check this out.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php

kaatmanduu · 10/03/2015, 05:41 PM

Thanks, always learning something

stingeragent · 10/03/2015, 08:59 PM

That is for sure bubble algae. If it was my fuge, i'd remove it. If they pop they can release spores that will get pumped up to your main tank. I had a huge battle with them months ago. Not quite on the dino's scale, but a nightmare none the less.

kaatmanduu · 10/03/2015, 09:22 PM

I've removed the rock and cleaned them off. I can do without battles with bubble algae.

stingeragent · 10/03/2015, 09:40 PM

Unless it's a prized rock I'd toss it, or let it bake in the sunshine for a few months. I may seem pro-climatic, but they have been such a PITA for me. I look at my tank daily for the stuff and if I see it, I get it out right then.

10/03/2015, 04:24 PM	#3
LuciDog Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 355	Your green stuff is bubble algae. No idea what the red stuff is. __________________ Current tank info: 30gal sumpless 120gal with 40gal sump 90gal freshwater - 2 angel, blood parrot, 3 mystery snails, pleco, and a school of rasbora's

10/03/2015, 04:23 PM	#2
donut0079 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Wyomissing, PA Posts: 226	Green is bubble algae

10/03/2015, 05:25 PM	#5
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Check this out. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php

10/03/2015, 05:41 PM	#6
kaatmanduu Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Grass Valley, CA Posts: 5	Thanks, always learning something

10/03/2015, 08:59 PM	#7
stingeragent Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,032	That is for sure bubble algae. If it was my fuge, i'd remove it. If they pop they can release spores that will get pumped up to your main tank. I had a huge battle with them months ago. Not quite on the dino's scale, but a nightmare none the less.

10/03/2015, 09:22 PM	#8
kaatmanduu Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Grass Valley, CA Posts: 5	I've removed the rock and cleaned them off. I can do without battles with bubble algae.

10/03/2015, 09:40 PM	#9
stingeragent Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,032	Unless it's a prized rock I'd toss it, or let it bake in the sunshine for a few months. I may seem pro-climatic, but they have been such a PITA for me. I look at my tank daily for the stuff and if I see it, I get it out right then.