Look what I found!

Reef Breeders · Oct 16, 2011

I found this giant algae bubble. I was moving my mag float and I knocked a frag over. I looked near the frag and something shiny caught my eye...

It sinks slowely in water, and is firm and bloated. It appears to be some sort of algae. Any thoughts?

_sludgefactory · Oct 16, 2011

Really giant bubble algae?

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revsgirl · Oct 16, 2011

Whoa!

turfster26 · Oct 16, 2011

Never saw anything like that before....freaky!

OMG Corals · Oct 16, 2011

It's a giant piece of Valonia algae. Usually pop before they get that big...LOL

Reef Breeders · Oct 16, 2011

I put it in a fowlr, Im going to see just how big it can get by growing it slowely under pc's

Hinano · Oct 18, 2011

You might want to reconsider putting the in a fowlr because if if pops it can spread tons of that into the system. A great consumer of that, emerald crabs, might not last if you have any consumers of shellfish in your tank, leading to manual removal which is a pain. Just a thought. That is one of the biggest bubbles I have seen.

BroncosZOA · Oct 18, 2011

I can beat that one, i had a pair of great barrier reef clowns lay eggs on ones bigger.

Laying some eggs

secretreefer · Oct 18, 2011

that's freaky deaky huge broncoszoa and anemonekeeper!!!! i had a couple pea sized ones.

BroncosZOA · Oct 18, 2011

that was an old tank, i didnt do much on the tank cause those clowns would chew me up.

the female was about 5 inches and male about 4

Russellaqua · Oct 18, 2011

Wow! I've never seen it anywhere close to size of either of those. Like secretreefer said above, I've seen pea-sized, but nothing much more than that.

Reef Breeders · Oct 18, 2011

I have a couple emeralds, and that was the first bubble I ve ever seen in my tank.

Lytehouse · Oct 18, 2011

hinano said:
You might want to reconsider putting the in a fowlr because if if pops it can spread tons of that into the system. A great consumer of that, emerald crabs, might not last if you have any consumers of shellfish in your tank, leading to manual removal which is a pain. Just a thought. That is one of the biggest bubbles I have seen.

+1 on being cautious.
If it pops it will send spores everywhere. Each one is a potential bubble.

mobatic · Oct 18, 2011

You sir, have taken my cake.

Eggs on a bubble, how would that fair once the bubble explodes?
Unless eggs hatch before it explodes. Really don't see a benefit for them to lay eggs on it.

spscrazy · Oct 19, 2011

when I first started my reef I saw some at a pet store in their display tank there was a group of maybe 3 that were about the same size as a small cantaloupe the guy there told me they were a good algae as they took the nutrients away from bad algae I thought they were sooooo cool & hoped some would show up on my live rock by the time they did I knew better! same guy tried to sell me some aiptasia as a good beginner anemone

Dowtish · Oct 19, 2011

spscrazy said:
when I first started my reef I saw some at a pet store in their display tank there was a group of maybe 3 that were about the same size as a small cantaloupe the guy there told me they were a good algae as they took the nutrients away from bad algae I thought they were sooooo cool & hoped some would show up on my live rock by the time they did I knew better! same guy tried to sell me some aiptasia as a good beginner anemone

That only happens in Mississippi.:wink: