What growing on my goni

[idxnny]

What is the bubble looking stuff on my goni?

 

[King Turkey]

bubble algae from the looks for it. you have that in any other place in tank? might wanna check nitrate and phosphate.

 

[rhastareefer]

Lots of bubble algae. Doesn't have much to do with nutrients. If that's the first you've seen of it in your tank, might want to at the least take it out and scrub the hell out of the bubble algae with hydrogen peroxide being careful not to actually touch the coral. If you're like me, you may wanna think about how much time/effort it's going to take to MAYBE get rid of it one day...

Would highly recommend NOT trying to remove the bubble while the frag is still in or above the tank. Get some tank water in a separate container (tupperware/whatever) and work on it there. Discard the water when you're done. If you don't physically remove ALL of it, you'll still have your problem.

 

[JDnKY]

Take it out and scrape it off with a knife. it’s a long difficult process to get rid or if it spreads.

 

[King Turkey]

is that a new frag? could have come with the coral if it is only on the coral frag plug/ coral and just grew over time on it

 

[bigmike69]

Bubble algae, you can tweeze them off or let an emerald cra. Do its job

 

[idxnny]

Lots of bubble algae. Doesn't have much to do with nutrients. If that's the first you've seen of it in your tank, might want to at the least take it out and scrub the hell out of the bubble algae with hydrogen peroxide being careful not to actually touch the coral. If you're like me, you may wanna think about how much time/effort it's going to take to MAYBE get rid of it one day...

Would highly recommend NOT trying to remove the bubble while the frag is still in or above the tank. Get some tank water in a separate container (tupperware/whatever) and work on it there. Discard the water when you're done. If you don't physically remove ALL of it, you'll still have your problem.

I removed it all off the plug. It’s the only place I have seen what is it cause from?

 

[rhastareefer]

I removed it all off the plug. It’s the only place I have seen what is it cause from?

It's an invasive species of algae that's notoriously hard to get rid of (if you even left a microscopic piece on there, it will grow back). Also try to keep an eye out in case any pieces dislodged before you removed them. Like every other type of pest, it hitchhikes in on coral frags (and liverock for that matter). People like to think nutrients play a large role in proliferation but if there's enough nutrients for coral to grow, there's enough for algae. In my book nutrients only somewhat influence the speed of pest algae growth, it'll still be there if you go ULNS. I'd rather have bubble than caulerpa serrulata that pretty much nothing will touch. Fish will pick at bubble (rarely yellow tangs, red sea sailfin much more often, good luck having a tank big enough for that fish, though).

Edit: I've had 2 emeralds that never touched the stuff, your mileage may vary.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Emerald crabs will much it up if you get an infestation of bubble algae. I have heard females do a better job at it tho