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Old 03-16-2008, 12:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Algae ID (pic)

I have a handful of chaeto in my DT. (I had no luck growing it in my sump)
It is in a soap dish and hidden behind the LR.
Tonight I went to rotate the chaeto and i saw this other algae. it is like bubble algae but it is not a round sphere.
I caught a gorilla crab in the chaeto last week and this was not in there then.
Any ideas what it is???
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Old 03-16-2008, 12:31 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

ohh? hmmm? looks a bit like bryopsis, the fingery one?
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Old 03-16-2008, 12:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Bubble algea can be different shapes I think - Bryopsis is more ferny looking
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Old 03-16-2008, 01:38 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Thanks Sas.
I could not find any Bryopsis pics that looked like this.

Kelli you gave me a place to start searching.
You are right - bubble algae can be in other shapes.
I think these may be from the valonia sp.
'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com

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Old 03-16-2008, 03:30 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Not Bryopsis.

Most Likely Caulerpa racemosa or Caulerpa brachypus. The photo you have posted, resemble the starting branches to either one of the spices I have noted here. If allowed to grow you will end up with something that resembles one of the two photos below.

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Caulerpa is a pest algae that has been outlawed in many coastal states including California and Maine. Millions of dollars have been spent trying to eradicate it from their coastal waters.
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Old 03-16-2008, 11:54 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Hmmmmmmm.
I suppose it is possible to be a type of Caulerpa
We wont find out for sure as I have removed it.
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I am still leaning towards a bubble algae.
The LFS that I got the chaeto from does have some bubble algae in some of their reef tanks. The cheato came from a tank in the basement so I did not see what all was in that tank.
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Old 03-16-2008, 02:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

I vote for the bubble algae but like you said if it is gone it doesn't matter.
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Oh I have that...
Bubble algae...Valonia I think. I hate it.
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Definitely one of the valonia sp. of bubble algae. I used to get a bit of it. Didn't spread quite as fast as the round green bubbles did, but was still invasive. (DO NOT POP THEM IN THE TANK!)
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I don't remember who had the super glue trick for getting them out but it did work pretty good.
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Thanks everyone.
This bubble algae was growing in the center of a handful of the chaeto so the spores must have come in with the chaeto. It was not attached to anything so it was easy to remove.
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Re: Algae ID (pic)

Nice catch on the valonia sp.! I'm not as sharp as I used to be, but just as much fun!


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100% Dictyosphaeria ocellata, Valonia aegagropila or Valonia macrophysa all bubble algae
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that stuff looks sweet! Valonia huh? I like it!
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