Whatchamacallit?

SouthernReefer18 · Jun 30, 2018

Red and, a clear tubular do-hicky.
Clear dude looks hollow with an opened end . Directly above "redman" .
Red man looks like a little grape fruit juice cell.

Maggie321 · Jun 30, 2018

Red is bubble algae. Remove it without popping it. Popping it will make it spread.
Clear tube is a type of sponge. Harmless filter feeder. But if it bothers you, you can scrape it off.

SouthernReefer18 · Jul 1, 2018

Maggie321 said:
Red is bubble algae. Remove it without popping it. Popping it will make it spread.
Clear tube is a type of sponge. Harmless filter feeder. But if it bothers you, you can scrape it off.

Well then...I guess this case is closed. Well done ma'am. Thanks.

Maggie321 · Jul 1, 2018

SouthernReefer18 said:
Well then...I guess this case is closed. Well done ma'am. Thanks.

I've been wrong before... don't close it just yet. Lol someone more knowledgeable than me may chime in. I just had a green bubble like yours last week, so that's still fairly fresh in my memory. And I know bubble algae generally comes in red and green. So I figure it's a pretty good chance that's the red version.

KJ · Jul 1, 2018

Agree with @Maggie321 Red bubble algae and sponge

Reeferdood · Jul 1, 2018

Red looks like red macro algae and the clear stuff might be a decaying sponge. The red macro algae should be removed because it will choke out corals. Although it is neat looking it can grow rather large. I also see what might be a glass anemone or some type of hitchhiker just to the right of the other stuff, I would keep an eye on it..

SouthernReefer18 · Jul 2, 2018

Reeferdood said:
Red looks like red macro algae and the clear stuff might be a decaying sponge. The red macro algae should be removed because it will choke out corals. Although it is neat looking it can grow rather large. I also see what might be a glass anemone or some type of hitchhiker just to the right of the other stuff, I would keep an eye on it..

I accidentally came across a thread on here with some people talking about this glass anemone looking creature. They were saying that there are two different types and they look very similar but a good way to tell them apart is to poke one and if it retracts, that it is the poisonous type.

SouthernReefer18 · Jul 2, 2018

Maggie321 said:
I've been wrong before... don't close it just yet. Lol someone more knowledgeable than me may chime in. I just had a green bubble like yours last week, so that's still fairly fresh in my memory. And I know bubble algae generally comes in red and green. So I figure it's a pretty good chance that's the red version.

Well dang gum maggie..its to late meow .
I've done removed it and gave it a new home down my sink drain.

SouthernReefer18 · Jul 2, 2018

Reeferdood said:
Red looks like red macro algae and the clear stuff might be a decaying sponge. The red macro algae should be removed because it will choke out corals. Although it is neat looking it can grow rather large. I also see what might be a glass anemone or some type of hitchhiker just to the right of the other stuff, I would keep an eye on it..

Actually..I see now what you was talking about with the "glass anemone" . I don't know about that booger but there is another on the far right side of the same rock that is thought to be poisonous. It does retract .