Please ID these Bladder ????

[scardall]

As you can see I have these bladder things on my pump a well as other places in my reef. What are they? I will need to clean this pump sooner than latter. ( What concentration of vinegar to water should I use to clean pump?)

 

[cloak]

A 50/50 mix of vinegar & water would probably work, but vinegar is cheap, I usually just use it straight. (it saves time)
As far as those red things attached to your pump goes, check out the link below.

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsespecies.php?CritterID=2087

HTH.

 

[scardall]

A 50/50 mix of vinegar & water would probably work, but vinegar is cheap, I usually just use it straight. (it saves time)
As far as those red things attached to your pump goes, check out the link below.

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsespecies.php?CritterID=2087

HTH.

Thanks. Great article. These guys are attractive thou. If I can scrape them off ,outside the tank I will. Leaving me with ONE last question, If I can't remove it outside tank, Do I just remove it the best way I can?????

 

[cloak]

Pretty much...

I had the same thing attached to my pump a few days ago and I just used some tweezers to remove them. Piece of cake.

 

[Chris Adams]

That stuff is miserable. I tried over and over to remove that stuff and finally nuked everything. If you cannot remove the rock they are on you could try siphoning while someone else pops it off but speaking from experience just remove the rock and nuke the rock(I should have done this but tried to clean and rinse then put back). This will be a small sacrifice compared to what could happen in your tank over the next weeks and months. Literally this will take over everything.

I to though they were cool at first. dang things will explore in numbers. I am sorry but cannot candy coat this 1.