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05-01-2007, 07:54 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NorthEast PA
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 |  green bubbles on Live Rock??
IF anyone could let me knwo what these are, they have a hard outside but pressing hard enough will pop them.
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05-01-2007, 08:25 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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I totally forgot the name but I hear they are not good to pop.
Each time I have moved my tanks I have gotten one large one to develop. About the size of a golf ball. If you can pull the rock out and twist it off.
Just don't pop it in the tank. I'm sure others here know more about what they are and where they come from.
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05-01-2007, 08:39 AM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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It is a bubble algae. Dont pop as JT said, because it will release spores and make it worse. Just take the rocks out and scrape/pull it off  _________ 14g Oceanic Cube
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05-01-2007, 08:54 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
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Emerald crabs are supposed to eat bubble algae as well.
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05-01-2007, 09:21 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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05-02-2007, 06:02 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
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They "should" but sometimes won't. I had finicky emeralds that wouldn't touch the stuff as well. | |
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05-11-2007, 07:37 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2007
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| Valonia
Valonia Algae! They can spread and cover most of the live rocks in your tank,I've seen a tank that has a lot of the bubble algae...disgusting,like some kinda disease or plague. I heard some people say that Sailfin Tangs or Emerald crabs eat them but that info is still debatable. | |
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05-11-2007, 07:40 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Florida
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Same here, mine will not touch it either... _________ 40g display, 15g sump, 10g fuge, coralife super skimmer, 40lbs seaflor special, 5lbs sugar fine LS, 25lbs LR(fiji, and gulf of mexico) 265watt PC with 2 50/50 10k/6.7k daylight, 2 50/50 420nm/460nm actinic, DIY moonlites, DIY auto top off, 32g reserve RO/DI, DIY dosers, research... | |
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05-22-2007, 08:41 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2007
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'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com
i'm surprised no one's posted this yet... anyway, if you want to have fun with them, get them out of the tank, take it to the bathroom sink, and pop it there... if you end up getting the red bubble algae at the bottom (which i unfortunately have), when you pop them, its super slimy... i was gonna try an emerald crab, but decided not to, because it seems like mine's starting to deplete anyway... i guess i've gotten lucky, because i can scrape the majority of them off without popping them, and wait until they get stuck on the powerhead intake screen thing, pull the screen off, and then rinse it off in the bathroom sink, and go about my business... one lesson i've learned about SW tanks, a general rule of thumb, if you poke, prod, or otherwise agitate ANYTHING in the tank, if its beneficial or good, it will die, but if you don't want it in there, it will multiply... so the best thing to do is leave it be until you get a definate ID | |
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