metrokat Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Purple hornets have purple bubbles on it (does red bubble algae also have a purple morph?) Further, the purple bubbles have orange spots. What is it, and should I leave the country? Link to comment
Alkamist Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Bubble algae, you should pick them off outside of your tank. Link to comment
19jeffro83 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Hydrogen peroxide bath outside of the tank should do it. Try not to pop any in your display. It will release spores and cause mor to grow. Link to comment
Lawnman Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Not sure what it is.I would do a coral RX dip.Seems like they are not opening from it. Doesn't look like bubble algae to me.I have never seen bubble algae grow on the tissue of zoas After looking further it almost looks like some cyano on the stalks.Did you try to blast it off with a turkey baster? Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 I'll pull it out and take better pics. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Out of all the corals I've dipped in peroxide, zoas will close for days when dipped in peroxide...it looks like purple zoablood lol... But really it looks like true bubble algae starting(not cyano) it will probably have a thick outerlayer if its bubble algae I would do as lawnman suggested and pick it off then do a Rx dip followed by a revive dip a couple hours later Does it look like this up close? Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 no, it's a perfectly formed bubble on my frag Link to comment
ignatz Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I scrape that stuff off with a dental tool then dip the frag in an iodine dip. 1 day to recovery. Iodine isn't as harsh as hydrogen peroxide. ime, Purple Hornets get kinda pissed at h2o2. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yea...wait two weeks and tell me when it starts to look like the picture . Its probably TBA not cyano, cyano has easily popped air bubbles...when you remove it, pop it and tell me if it feels like popping those listerin breathmint balls...or popping a huge zit....or if it feels like a mushy bloodclot Link to comment
Alkamist Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 use some tweezers to pluck them off, im sure their bubble algae, and not cyno Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Also as soneone else just said iodine = good for zoa's...also zoas seem to grow at astronomically slow rates if there is no iodide in the tank Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 I dose iodide. But barely as I can't test for it, i don't want to over do it. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Redsea & salifert both sell test kits. My tank uses aprox 0.03ppm of iodide a day...considering 0.09 is toxic...it gets used at a relatively fast rate, by pretty much all inverts and corals Link to comment
brandon429 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I vote classic valonia but a red variant.ive had em too. any of the treatments listed are ok just get em the heck out one way or another. I used to lighter burn mine off with a blue jet windless lighter. To shield the zo's I would make a little deflector out of tin foil, butt it up to the zoanthids and leave on the target exposed. two pulses with fire, algae no more. peroxide w do the same Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Brandon, you torch everything in your tank! Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 So I found a picture of the things I have on the net: And Brandon, I see you on that thread too. hehehe. Link to comment
brandon429 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 ha lol I make the online rounds even when not solicited. the only good part is I don't preach anything I dont practice lol that poster never followed up how dare they live with something so ugly in the tank Link to comment
Cintax Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Get rid of it before it infects you tank. That algae is prolific! I got rid of mine by putting every single rock that had it on it out in the sub zero weather. Maybe by spring I'll clean it all up and start aging it again. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 personally that's the only bubble algae i really like. it looks great. but it can be nuisance and yes as brandon and others have said, it is bubble algae. its actually tougher to remove than regular green algae - it attaches well and breaks easily releasing a ton of slime. be careful in removing it. Link to comment
brandon429 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I used to see strong correlations between dosing any form of iodide and red primary producer growth. It always made red cyano or red brush algae grow in my tanks. Maybe I was overdosing...wasn't testing either Iodide made the polyps as fully expanded as ever, miss that effect Link to comment
Lawnman Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So I found a picture of the things I have on the net: And Brandon, I see you on that thread too. hehehe. Brandon is a coral pimp. He is the go to guy that gets no credit. Link to comment
Cintax Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I love the look of bubble algae, its just so hard to keep under control, I'd rather not have it in my main tank. I think I would enjoy a nuisance tank filled with all the common algae and corals which everyone seems to hate. My own band of misfits. Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 UPDATE I removed the frag and dipped in coral RX and carefully sliced the bubbles off at the base, none of them burst thankfully. Then I dipped the frag in iodide. It is back in the tank, pray for my purple hornets! Link to comment
Cintax Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The algae will likely have a hold fast in the plug do keep an eye out for any reoccurance. I'd get rid of the plug as soon as you can. Link to comment
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