odd jelly bean like things?

HaleyM · 09/23/2006, 08:38 PM

I took a blurry picture of these things that are growing on my rock. They are actually kind of pretty, the largest ones are the size of jellybeans. At first I didn't worry about them too much there were only 6 or 7. Well now they are showing up on different rocks. I have spent a few hours searching on line for matching pictures, to identify them with no luck. I just need to know if they are a "pest" or not to be worried about. --Haley

PS why is it always me who ends up with wierd-ball things in my tank?

danfrith · 09/23/2006, 10:50 PM

tunicates?

skhle · 09/23/2006, 11:58 PM

more like red bubble algee, I have lots of them, and now my yellow tang takes care of them.

saltyunderground · 09/24/2006, 08:09 AM

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Originally posted by skhle
more like red bubble algee, I have lots of them, and now my yellow tang takes care of them.

Agreed. My tang loves them and my emerald crabs eat it too. If you try to remove them by hand, do it carefully so you do not break them open. That will release spores that will make more red bubbles.

inwall75 · 09/24/2006, 01:19 PM

YUP

Red bubble algae/seagrapes. Scientific name is Botryocladia. http://images.google.com/images?sour...ia&sa=N&tab=wi

pdwife · 09/25/2006, 08:39 AM

I have some very nice green bubble algae that I could mail to you, just in time for the Christmas season. The red and green bubble effect would be spectacular! JK

09/23/2006, 08:38 PM	#1
HaleyM Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salem IL Posts: 58	odd jelly bean like things? I took a blurry picture of these things that are growing on my rock. They are actually kind of pretty, the largest ones are the size of jellybeans. At first I didn't worry about them too much there were only 6 or 7. Well now they are showing up on different rocks. I have spent a few hours searching on line for matching pictures, to identify them with no luck. I just need to know if they are a "pest" or not to be worried about. --Haley PS why is it always me who ends up with wierd-ball things in my tank?

09/24/2006, 01:19 PM	#5
inwall75 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,877	YUP Red bubble algae/seagrapes. Scientific name is Botryocladia. http://images.google.com/images?sour...ia&sa=N&tab=wi __________________ Curt If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Current Tank Info: 7.5g nano, 75g Inwall, 18g nano, 12g nano, 200g prop tank

09/23/2006, 10:50 PM	#2
danfrith Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: st. louis, missouri Posts: 1,470	tunicates?

09/23/2006, 11:58 PM	#3
skhle Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 204	more like red bubble algee, I have lots of them, and now my yellow tang takes care of them.

09/25/2006, 08:39 AM	#6
pdwife Moved On Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mt Vernon Posts: 75	I have some very nice green bubble algae that I could mail to you, just in time for the Christmas season. The red and green bubble effect would be spectacular! JK