what the heck is this?!

[Reaper_Six_Four]

Just noticed this in between my Zoas and underneath the frag. There are some dark balls in between the Zoas and an elongated irregular Green translucent thing with what looks to be a translucent sphere thing with something in it.

Sorry if the pics suck the frag is right in the middle of the tank.

 

[Reaper_Six_Four]

More pics.

 

[Waters]

Looks like bubble algae.

 

[EagleEye121]

Looks to me like bubble algae between the zoas. Not sure about the other.. maybe just a larger bulb of bubble algae

 

[ying yang]

Looks like bubble algae

 

[Dbichler]

Looks like bubble algae to me pull them off but don’t break them or they will spread

 

[Reaper_Six_Four]

What’s the best way to battle this?

 

[Reaper_Six_Four]

What came off.

 

[Lavey29]

Yep bubble algae. Female emerald crab would help eliminate it. Works in my tank.

 

[Reaper_Six_Four]

Yep bubble algae. Female emerald crab would help eliminate it. Works in my tank.

Are they coral friendly?

 

[Lavey29]

Are they coral friendly?

Some say yes some say no. Never an issue for me. Crabs are always hit or miss. Mine picked the bubble algae clean off my stylo and didn't touch the coral at all.

 

[vetteguy53081]

More pics.

Agree on bubble. Because its in a tight spot and the last thing you want on your zoa is an emerald crab or foxface, I would have a 3'8" tube ready and pop each one and suck up the substance within and then with a pic remove the remaining skin

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Looks like bubble algae to me pull them off but don’t break them or they will spread

Not true.

 

[Borat]

It's almost impossible to eliminate bubblel algae once it spreads... It is also very difficult to remove bubble algae from zoa frags - they will keep regrowing..

So I would manually remove each of those bubbles - then do a 5 min RO water dip afterwards to ensure buble algae does not regrow.