Marbles? What The....

[max69vk]

Found a couple of these in the tank today, no idea what they are. I know the photo is poor, but I can only describe these things as pearlescent green marbles.
Can anybody ID them?

P.S. please ignore the gormless looking, camera loving blenny at the top of the picture :lol:

[fishbert]

thats bubble algae / sailors eyes

dont pop it as they can spread, mithrax/emrald crabs do a good job of removing it if you dont like it and a few fish will too, my foxface loved the stuff.

[Marc Foord]

Originally posted by max69vk@Apr 6 2005, 22:27
Found a couple of these in the tank today, no idea what they are. I know the photo is poor, but I can only describe these things as pearlescent green marbles.
Can anybody ID them?

P.S. please ignore the gormless looking, camera loving blenny at the top of the picture :lol:
hi max

valonia bubble algae

if you remove it, be careful not to pop the bubble as it will release spores and you'll end up with a whole lot more of them.....

[max69vk]

Bl**dy typical ! Just put my hand in the tank to try & remove the rock.... POP! <_<
One burst & the other dissapered through a gap in the LR. I guess no-one said this hobby was ever going to be simple :lol:

[wayne g]

if see any more....and tbh you will..roll them off the rock gently rocking back and forth.
i have just removed one 8-10kg piece of rock and left it ouside in the sun/rain to kill everything off after fighting a losing battle with them on that piece.

[ry_krum]

I got rid of the valonia in my tank by injecting them all with Elimi-Aiptas. Just thought I'd give it a go whilst having a majano/aiptasia killing session.

After a few hours all the spores seem to die and collect in the bottom of the bubble. Looks quite cool ^_^

It's a couple of months later now ad they don't seem to have reappeared.

[mantis]

just pop the damn things, who cares about the spores?

think about it how do you think a mythrax crab or foxface eats them, they have to pop them to fit them in their mouths dont they? or am i missing something? :wacko:

never seen a foxface or crab with a full set of cheeks :lol:

craig

[wayne g]

Originally posted by mantis@Apr 8 2005, 08:59


never seen a foxface or crab with a full set of cheeks :lol:

craig
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[danny]

Good point Mantis :thumbsup: :lol:

[wayne g]

so true though....we all ramble on about needing mithrax and foxfaces etc to rid the tank of this plague....then in the next sentence we tell people.."don't burst them"!
:lol: