silver balls ????(pics)

wickett · 07-12-2008, 10:54 PM

hi
on 1 piece of rock i tought i had a collection of air bubbles but when i tried to confirm this all i did was move them around. they did not appear to be soild. any ideas?????? hope the pics work

DAHansen · 07-12-2008, 11:05 PM

From here they look like air bubbles.

When you say that they just moved around, do you mean that they wiggled, but were attached to the rock? If so, I'd say snail eggs... though you did say they look hollow...

wickett · 07-12-2008, 11:08 PM

they look soild silver and yes they wiggled. when i said soild in the first post i meant not transparent.

NanoNewbie · 07-12-2008, 11:24 PM

i would say it sounds like mercury a bad thing to have in tank

did you break a thermometer?

Octoman · 07-12-2008, 11:28 PM

I would guess gas bubbles being released by algae (maybe Dinoflagellates). They are somewhat attached to the algae so they just move around when you touch them...

nikkipigtails · 07-12-2008, 11:43 PM

It looks like dinoflagellates...try these posts to see if they look similar
Dinoflagellates - The documented journey

Fighting Pesky Dinoflagellates & cyanobacteria!

wickett · 07-13-2008, 12:00 AM

checked my thermometer it was o k will check the links next
thanks

BigAl07 · 07-13-2008, 12:09 AM

Sometimes you'll get random "air bubbles" especially with low flow.

wickett · 07-13-2008, 12:29 AM

can i take out just the one rock and scrub it?

07-12-2008, 11:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
DAHansen Sea Pen Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Abington, MA Posts: 301 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: silver balls ????(pics) From here they look like air bubbles. When you say that they just moved around, do you mean that they wiggled, but were attached to the rock? If so, I'd say snail eggs... though you did say they look hollow... __________________ Dave - Who wants to breed corals some day. Dave's fishlog *Please Reef Responsibly.*

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wickett Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 27 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: silver balls ????(pics) they look soild silver and yes they wiggled. when i said soild in the first post i meant not transparent.

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NanoNewbie Midas Blenny Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 90 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: silver balls ????(pics) i would say it sounds like mercury a bad thing to have in tank did you break a thermometer?

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Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: silver balls ????(pics) I would guess gas bubbles being released by algae (maybe Dinoflagellates). They are somewhat attached to the algae so they just move around when you touch them... __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

07-12-2008, 11:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
nikkipigtails Manta Ray Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,033 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: silver balls ????(pics) It looks like dinoflagellates...try these posts to see if they look similar Dinoflagellates - The documented journey Fighting Pesky Dinoflagellates & cyanobacteria! __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

07-13-2008, 12:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
wickett Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 27 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: silver balls ????(pics) checked my thermometer it was o k will check the links next thanks

07-13-2008, 12:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: silver balls ????(pics) Sometimes you'll get random "air bubbles" especially with low flow. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

07-13-2008, 12:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
wickett Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 27 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: silver balls ????(pics) can i take out just the one rock and scrub it?

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