please ID

sinularia · 03-13-2008, 10:25 AM

Tell me please what type of green algae it is. Or maybe it's not an algae.

rbursek · 03-13-2008, 10:27 AM

I am not sure, maybe Fern Algae.

JustDavidP · 03-13-2008, 02:18 PM

It is Bubble Algae.. "Valonia SP". Most often, you see it in small, round, berry sized growth formations. However, it can grow to look like bananas or even linked like tiny sausage farms

Emerald "Mythrax" crabs have been reported to eat it. Mine didn't much care for it. Manual removal was my only option. Careful not to "pop" them or it will spread in your tank. IF you can remove the rock, do that, and rinse with salt water before putting it back into the display.

Dave

JustDavidP · 03-13-2008, 02:22 PM

Probably Valonia utricularis

Good article here:

'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com

lcstorc · 03-13-2008, 02:22 PM

Really? I never knew it could grow anything other than the balls. How interresting.

Kirblit · 03-13-2008, 03:11 PM

I have similar looking stuff in my tank and it doesn't really spread or grow much. I think that it looks more like a turf algae . I looked up Valonia Uticularis and this is what I found and it doesn't really look similar at all to me.
http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyu...acrohitch2.jpg

rlcline76 · 03-13-2008, 03:27 PM

I don't know if it is a bubble algae or not. If so, it resembles the valonia type found on p. 74 in Calfo's Reef Invertebrates. I have something similar and it has not spread. I plan on removing it from its rock when I frag, but if it isn't invasive right now...

In the meantime, keep your phosphates in check and it might not get too exciting.

framerguy · 03-13-2008, 03:32 PM

I have bubble algae

including the banana kind

but mine doesn't look like that though. I'm not saying that's not it, just that I don't think that's it. My algae book is at home or I'd look it up.

rlcline76 · 03-13-2008, 03:43 PM

I forgot about my Julian Sprung book.
Perhaps a type of cladophora?

sinularia · 03-14-2008, 04:14 PM

Thank you guys, but my algae it is only alone in my tank and don't spread in my tank, but it looks very nice and don't bother me. All the parameter in my tank it is ok, phosphate it is 0.

adresher · 03-14-2008, 04:23 PM

Not sure what it is but it looks great....

03-13-2008, 10:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
rbursek Cabbage Leather Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Milw, WI area suburb Posts: 350 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: please ID I am not sure, maybe Fern Algae. __________________ The difference between a Reef tank and a money shredder is the Tank will trip the GFI! Bret Farve turned #4 into #1!!!!! And I am as confused as he is!!! What a supped way to come back! We will see the thought/negotiations that happen with this! 120gal tank, 30gal fuge/sump, 2 250w MH, 2 96w Actinics, SPS's, LPS's, fish. Bob

03-13-2008, 02:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
JustDavidP Midas Blenny Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 97 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: please ID It is Bubble Algae.. "Valonia SP". Most often, you see it in small, round, berry sized growth formations. However, it can grow to look like bananas or even linked like tiny sausage farms Emerald "Mythrax" crabs have been reported to eat it. Mine didn't much care for it. Manual removal was my only option. Careful not to "pop" them or it will spread in your tank. IF you can remove the rock, do that, and rinse with salt water before putting it back into the display. Dave __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> "Fins to the left...Fins to the Right, I'm going home to play with my reef tonight..." 30+ years in Aquaria - Half in Marine - 6 Years in Reefing, but, always the newbie

03-13-2008, 02:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
JustDavidP Midas Blenny Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 97 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: please ID Probably Valonia utricularis Good article here: 'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> "Fins to the left...Fins to the Right, I'm going home to play with my reef tonight..." 30+ years in Aquaria - Half in Marine - 6 Years in Reefing, but, always the newbie

03-13-2008, 02:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,528 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: please ID Really? I never knew it could grow anything other than the balls. How interresting. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

03-13-2008, 03:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kirblit Scopas Tang Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 406 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: please ID I have similar looking stuff in my tank and it doesn't really spread or grow much. I think that it looks more like a turf algae . I looked up Valonia Uticularis and this is what I found and it doesn't really look similar at all to me. http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyu...acrohitch2.jpg __________________ 125g RR Kirby My reef chronicle http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...s-125-a-3.html

03-13-2008, 03:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Bliss, TX Posts: 3,349 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: please ID I don't know if it is a bubble algae or not. If so, it resembles the valonia type found on p. 74 in Calfo's Reef Invertebrates. I have something similar and it has not spread. I plan on removing it from its rock when I frag, but if it isn't invasive right now... In the meantime, keep your phosphates in check and it might not get too exciting. __________________ ~Becky~ I think everything ALWAYS comes back to underwear sooner or later. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to conjecture. BarbMazz Any weather is thong weather. BEELZEBOB honesty and a skidmark fetish will get you far Sasquatch I don't want the world, I just want your half. TMBG

03-13-2008, 03:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,326 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: please ID I have bubble algae including the banana kind but mine doesn't look like that though. I'm not saying that's not it, just that I don't think that's it. My algae book is at home or I'd look it up. __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 390gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 150g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

03-13-2008, 03:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Bliss, TX Posts: 3,349 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: please ID I forgot about my Julian Sprung book. Perhaps a type of cladophora? __________________ ~Becky~ I think everything ALWAYS comes back to underwear sooner or later. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to conjecture. BarbMazz Any weather is thong weather. BEELZEBOB honesty and a skidmark fetish will get you far Sasquatch I don't want the world, I just want your half. TMBG

03-14-2008, 04:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
sinularia Tunicate Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 19 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: please ID Thank you guys, but my algae it is only alone in my tank and don't spread in my tank, but it looks very nice and don't bother me. All the parameter in my tank it is ok, phosphate it is 0.

03-14-2008, 04:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
adresher Midas Blenny Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 104 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: please ID Not sure what it is but it looks great....

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