ihus Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hi, I have a new tank, less than 6 months old, i introduced a big piece of live rock from a LFS, and after sometime i saw what seems to be red balls, I poked it to see if it was hard, but it was not "stony" but it was also not soft like the white sponges, it was something like a zoa polip, not too hard, but not that squish... can someone ID it please, Im not sure if i should remove it or not, I try not to move or remove anything i dont really have to. Link to comment
ihus Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Didnt knew there was a red type of bubble algae, Im new to saltwater tanks, i've seem some pics from bubble algae, but they where green XD gonna try to find a way to get it out, Thanks! Link to comment
nidding Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Oh yes they come in a red variety as well. I think what you have is some sort of Botryocladia.' Pull them out carefully while siphoning out water around them to avoid spreading spores thus making everything worse. You could take a look here http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/ Good luck Link to comment
cuber14 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 +1 on the red bubble algae. Sometimes mine will have a flouresent orange look. Link to comment
markalot Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Looks good to me, keep it. I doubt you can keep it alive for long, otherwise we'd see a lot of complaining about it. Link to comment
amphipod Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 The algae is only a pest in high nutrient setups, keep it clean and you'll only see a few bubbles. Link to comment
Anden Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Get a mitrax crab to eat the red bobble alge, mitrax is reef safe as can be for a crab. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 The algae is only a pest in high nutrient setups, keep it clean and you'll only see a few bubbles. And it looks cool Link to comment
D Z Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Get a mitrax crab to eat the red bobble alge, mitrax is reef safe as can be for a crab. Don't think I agree to that 100%. Mithrax crabs are known to eat both algae and certain coral(mostly softies and lps) I have personally watched an emerald crab eat a perfectly healthy blasto frag that I had and vowed to never again add one to my tank. I have plenty of blue legged hermits that don't even look at coral, so to say that mithrax is as reef safe as a crab can be is not true. In full disclosure, I do know plenty of people with mithrax crabs that have not yet eaten coral. To me, this doesn't mean that they won't, it just means that they have not so far. They may never, but there is a good chance that they will eventually. Also, there is nothing that says that a mithrax will 100% eat the bubble algae. I also know plenty of people that have mithrax crabs that will not even look at bubble algae. Just trying to enlighten the OP so that they can make their own informed decision. Edit: This is also a nice guide to most common pest algaes. Red Bubble algae is towards the bottom. https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide Link to comment
ihus Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Sorry, didnt knew ppl would still reply so i didnt check here, Thanks everyone for the info, I saw someone online (somewhere in youtube lol) doing a... well, i got a cup full of hot water a syringe and sprayed hot water on it, it did died : D also did this on an aiptasia, works fine, but it also kill everything near the spot, now i have no red thingy on my rock, but the coralline also died, but the coralline will grow back. Again, thanks everyone for the info : D Link to comment
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