What is this on my coral

[steo123]

I just got a new piece of coral in my tank and I worried about 3 bubble like things that I noticed when put in tank


Thanks in advance

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[FishAndPhysics]

Can you take a picture under white light?

 

[mcgyvr]

Likely to just be Valonia bubble algae..
But yes...please turn the blue channel way down or off for identification shots...All that blue destroys proper color rendition and often hurts the focus too..

 

[steo123]

There ya go

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[mcgyvr]

Yep.. Normal Valonia (bubble algae)...and see the massive difference in the pictures..so much better

You can pull them off and trash them...try not to pop them...

 

[FishAndPhysics]

Yep.. Normal Valonia (bubble algae)...and see the massive difference in the pictures..so much better

You can pull them off and trash them...try not to pop them...

Agreed. But, if nutrients are low they will generally behave though. I have a bubble or two which I know about in my tank, they have been there for a year or two at least and not spread.