Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth?

nanoreefing4fun · 11-04-2009, 10:23 PM

Can anyone ID my new round purple growth, that just popped up on a piece of my Live rock?

They have orange specs on them, they look about like the shape & size of button mushrooms...

They are kind of pretty

hope they are not bad... any ideas?

djrufio · 11-04-2009, 10:30 PM

no idea, they look like the mushrooms from super mario

nanoreefing4fun · 11-04-2009, 10:37 PM

Quote:

they look like the mushrooms from super Mario

They do... look like the ones Mario hops on...

I have flat blue stripe mushrooms in my tank... but these are nothing like them

sambrinar · 11-04-2009, 10:50 PM

Hmm interesting, guessing maybe a truncate? or sponge? doesn't look like bubble algae to me, that was another possibility

redsea reefer · 11-04-2009, 10:55 PM

No idea Glenn, Im sure Boomer will come to the rescue...

Boomer · 11-05-2009, 12:59 AM

I need a clear pic. The only thing that I can find that looks like that and there are no pics on the net, is Erythrymenia sp a red algae from the South Indo-Pacific.

You are not the only one with it. It is also on another forum tonight.

goldenmean · 11-05-2009, 02:17 AM

looks like a type of red bubble algae to me.
I have been fighting it in one of my tanks.
While not exactly the same they look pretty similar

smoothie · 11-05-2009, 03:08 AM

+1 on red bubble algae

charlesr1958 · 11-05-2009, 08:19 AM

Botryocladia skottsbergii ( red grape/bubble algae)

Chuck

nanoreefing4fun · 11-05-2009, 09:38 AM

If it bad, how do you get rid of it?

charlesr1958 · 11-05-2009, 09:42 AM

Its only bad if it grows and spreads so much as to become a pest. For removal, I've always used a dull blade such as a butter knife and scratch them off of the rock so as to get as much of their holdfasts as possible to prevent regrowth, that and try not to burst the algae as they could hold spores which could settle and spread even more. If you can remove the rock and do all of that in a bucket of tank water (toss out the water when finished), that would be best.

Chuck

nanoreefing4fun · 11-05-2009, 09:43 AM

I just googled "Images" of Red bubble algae which looks just like the green to me, this does not look like green bubble algae only red... to me ... ???

http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/529/r31.jpg

nanoreefing4fun · 11-05-2009, 09:48 AM

In size it's about 1 inch tall & 3/4" across the top... a size like a small mushroom from the grocery store... if that help... hard to tell size in pics...

I guess it could be a type of bubble alage, but not round & I have seen green bubble alage, looks like the link I posted above only green... this looks like a mushroom... in shape & size... if that helps any...

nanoreefing4fun · 11-05-2009, 09:51 AM

Thanks for the feedback everyone !

it does look a bit like the pics in goldenmean post though... Bommer any link to any more pics of similar, that you know of?

nanoreefing4fun · 11-05-2009, 09:58 AM

bit more research.... and I guess it is... some type of red bubble algae... thanks for they replied everyone....

I just found this post & looks like the same....

red bubble algae?

11-04-2009, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? Can anyone ID my new round purple growth, that just popped up on a piece of my Live rock? They have orange specs on them, they look about like the shape & size of button mushrooms... They are kind of pretty hope they are not bad... any ideas? __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-04-2009, 10:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
djrufio Bryozoan Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 41 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? no idea, they look like the mushrooms from super mario

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11-05-2009, 12:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
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11-05-2009, 03:08 AM	#8 (permalink)
smoothie Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Valdosta GA Posts: 42 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? +1 on red bubble algae

11-05-2009, 08:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
charlesr1958 Scopas Tang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mactan Island, The Philippines Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? Botryocladia skottsbergii ( red grape/bubble algae) Chuck __________________ __________________________________________ Chuck's Addiction Reef & Reef Aquarium Articles and Links

11-05-2009, 09:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? If it bad, how do you get rid of it? __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-05-2009, 09:42 AM	#11 (permalink)
charlesr1958 Scopas Tang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mactan Island, The Philippines Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? Its only bad if it grows and spreads so much as to become a pest. For removal, I've always used a dull blade such as a butter knife and scratch them off of the rock so as to get as much of their holdfasts as possible to prevent regrowth, that and try not to burst the algae as they could hold spores which could settle and spread even more. If you can remove the rock and do all of that in a bucket of tank water (toss out the water when finished), that would be best. Chuck __________________ __________________________________________ Chuck's Addiction Reef & Reef Aquarium Articles and Links

11-05-2009, 09:43 AM	#12 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? I just googled "Images" of Red bubble algae which looks just like the green to me, this does not look like green bubble algae only red... to me ... ??? http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/529/r31.jpg __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-05-2009, 09:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? In size it's about 1 inch tall & 3/4" across the top... a size like a small mushroom from the grocery store... if that help... hard to tell size in pics... I guess it could be a type of bubble alage, but not round & I have seen green bubble alage, looks like the link I posted above only green... this looks like a mushroom... in shape & size... if that helps any... __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-05-2009, 09:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? Thanks for the feedback everyone ! it does look a bit like the pics in goldenmean post though... Bommer any link to any more pics of similar, that you know of? __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-05-2009, 09:58 AM	#15 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can anyone help with an ID - round purple growth? bit more research.... and I guess it is... some type of red bubble algae... thanks for they replied everyone.... I just found this post & looks like the same.... red bubble algae? __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

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