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08-15-2008, 08:47 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kingston, NY
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Could be Codium or it could be Bubble Algae (doesn't always grow as a bubble so could be possibly "Boergesenia forbesii"). Can you get a better pic?
Try this link: 'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com
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38 Gallon (restarted 6-14-08 ). 30lbs LR, 40lbs LS, 10g sump/fuge with Caulerpa and Mangroves, Current 4x39w T5HO lighting, 2 Koralia #1, AquaC Remora. 2 small colonies of polyps, Cleanup crew (50 Dwarf Ceriths, 16 Florida Ceriths, 10 Nassarius Vibex, 14 Blue-leg Hermits, 1 Limpet).
20 Gallon. 15lbs LR, 20lbs Crushed Coral (replacing with LS), 65w Current PC lighting, SeaClone 100 (replacing with a Remora), Skilter 250, 2 Powersweep 212's. | 
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08-15-2008, 08:48 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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The pic is kinda foggy, but does it have many rigid bright green bubbles growing sort of like grapes on a stem that looks like thick chaeto?
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08-16-2008, 12:36 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2008
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IF it's Bubble Algie, watch it closely as it can spread really really fast (mine did). The really smart LFS says to be careful about popping that stuff in quanities as it'll contaminate the tank. | |
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08-16-2008, 07:13 AM
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| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Well is not really bubble, it's got like little stems more like gummy worms, I try getting a better pic! bujt will be this evening when the lights come on. I do have some bubble algae about the size of a tomato seed that I have been keeping my eye on, but this one is totally different! | |
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08-16-2008, 07:18 AM
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| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Originally Posted by Reeron  | It looks like the second pic on your link, but some what different, doesn't have liquid as so, but more like a solid structure to it!
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08-16-2008, 07:20 AM
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| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Originally Posted by ReefSparky The pic is kinda foggy, but does it have many rigid bright green bubbles growing sort of like grapes on a stem that looks like thick chaeto? | you about hit it right in the nose, don't look like grapes but more like thick chaeto! thanks sparky. | |
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08-16-2008, 07:32 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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OK. I don't know what this is! I had it for awhile on a piece of liverock while in my 55. If you let it grow, those little bubbles will increase in number, and start to grow like clusters of grapes. This stuff affixes itself to the LR through tiny root-like structures, much like vine to a building. It keeps a tenacious grip.
When I did my move from the 55 to the 90 I took a pair of tweezers and spent about an hour getting taking it off the LR. I apparently got it all, as it hasn't come back.
It wasn't a real problem, but it grew pretty fast and was covering my yellow polyp rock to the point where if more time went by, it would have competed for space and might have choked it out.
The closest match I could find was caulerpa racemosa. It looks like it with the bubbles, but it's not that. It's not bubble algae either, as bubble algae is soft as tissue paper and breaks readily, putting spores into the water. This is rigid and kinda crunchy.
I don't know what it is. It's a shame it grows so fast, I think it's a beautiful piece of macroalgae! I'd say spend some time now getting rid of it, or you'll lose the battle over time. It grows fast!
Good luck!
Last edited by ReefSparky; 08-18-2008 at 11:45 AM.
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08-16-2008, 07:43 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: orlando
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Maybe you could put the lr in the sump/refuge. That way you could watch and see how fast it grows. Do you have any tangs? Whenever I come home with a rock with any kind of plant on it the yellow tang cleans it off. | |
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