Need help with ID Please

[smokinprice]

Hi All,

I am not sure if this belongs here or not. I have only been keeping a reef tank for a little while. Three months to be exact. Well attached is a photo of a green bubble. I have them now appearing all over my LR. Anyone know what this is? Also is it a good thing?? Thanks in advance.

 

[fuzz1974]

I would say valonia ( bubble algae) If you can, pick them off your rock stat!! But don't break em they will reproduce faster than a pup with 2 ------ well you know what I mean. If you find that you can't pick them off without breaking them try an emerald crab maybe 10-12 bux at LFS. They may or may not eat the bubble algae, but they are your best "natural" defense to them.

Fuzz

 

[gflat65]

An out of tank option is to remove rock (of possible) and scrub with a toothbrush. Swish it in a series of buckets with tank water(at least two) before returning to the display. As fuzz mentions, emerald crabs are the proposed method of eradication. I have seen my purple tang munch on valonia from time to time, too, but that is (like most other things in this hobby) more likely an individual taste.

 

[smokinprice]

Great! Thanks for the info. One more thing I have to worry about! Certainly explains why it is spreading to my LR.