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05-24-2008, 06:01 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dallas,TX
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 |  weird pearly things
so i know this sounds stupid, cuz im sure by now i should know what these should be.. but i have a small colony of red mushrooms doing REALLY well, some the size a little smaller than a tennis ball.. well today i had to nudge the live rock chunk so they kinda shriveled back in, and underneath the folds there are all these little pearl looking things.. they look like pearlized metal BB's.. anyone know whats up? i know ive seen these before at some point in my LFS.. cant get a pic right now and cant find them on the net.. hmmmm
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05-24-2008, 10:14 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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maybe their guts?mushrooms often espell their guts when stressed.they recover well well
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05-25-2008, 02:52 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 35
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Originally Posted by flipnap  so i know this sounds stupid, cuz im sure by now i should know what these should be.. but i have a small colony of red mushrooms doing REALLY well, some the size a little smaller than a tennis ball.. well today i had to nudge the live rock chunk so they kinda shriveled back in, and underneath the folds there are all these little pearl looking things.. they look like pearlized metal BB's.. anyone know whats up? i know ive seen these before at some point in my LFS.. cant get a pic right now and cant find them on the net.. hmmmm | Could be bubble algae. Considered a nuisance. _________  | 
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05-25-2008, 04:24 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dallas,TX
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bubble algae it is.. dang.. well its only a very small cluster, should i try to get rid of it? i read that if they break your in BIG trouble.. | |
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05-25-2008, 04:37 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
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Originally Posted by flipnap bubble algae it is.. dang.. well its only a very small cluster, should i try to get rid of it? i read that if they break your in BIG trouble.. | I would try to get rid of it asap. I've got a rock that was removed and cleaned. It has since returned. I'd pull it out and clean it if possible. Emerald crabs have been known to eat it, but, I haven't had any luck with that. Some people like it in there systems though. I hate it. And yes, if they break they release a boatload of spores. | |
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05-25-2008, 06:31 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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05-25-2008, 06:33 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
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That's it. Great looking rock too! | |
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05-25-2008, 07:35 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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yeah man, thats what i thought.. well, fortunately their on a small frag, so im thinking i should remove the frag into a bucket and pull them off so to contain if they burst.. not sure ive never dealt with them before.. its actually a shame cuz theyre kinda pretty, but i can read now that i know what they are how aggressive they can be.. hmm, maybe ill start a "bubble algae tank"  | |
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05-25-2008, 09:00 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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Originally Posted by flipnap yeah man, thats what i thought.. well, fortunately their on a small frag, so im thinking i should remove the frag into a bucket and pull them off so to contain if they burst.. not sure ive never dealt with them before.. its actually a shame cuz theyre kinda pretty, but i can read now that i know what they are how aggressive they can be.. hmm, maybe ill start a "bubble algae tank" | Remove the frag, scrape it off and use a tooth brush to clean the rock, then rinse with some fresh salt water,, really good then put back in tank. If this isnt done you will have that bubble algae tank you always wanted! _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
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05-25-2008, 09:04 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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I had one tiny peice of bubble algae that came in on some of my rock, bought an emerald green crab to give it a shot. The crab was the size of a dime and I thought it would never find that one peice of bubble alge... within 2 weeks it was gone!! _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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