WEIRD algea or coral???

[NanoPerson67]

i have this weird little polyp looking red things growing on one of my rocks.. it is growing more and more and i dont know if this is a problem or not.. here r the pics..what could it be?? also i bought some corals today.. idk if one of them is frogspawn or not.. the other 2 im not sure.. one is a mushroom i think

 

[motortrendz]

it looks like a red bubble algae, the coral you got are, florida ricordia, looks like a torch, and the last looks like a trumpet, or candycane..

 

[NanoPerson67]

it looks like a red bubble algae, the coral you got are, florida ricordia, looks like a torch, and the last looks like a trumpet, or candycane..

thanks so much =)

 

[Boomer]

Morton is correct, it is Red Bubble Algae, Botryocladia. Not good for reef tanks as it can go just wild. You need to control this with some Turbo snails.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

siphon about 2 gal. of the old tank water into a 5 gal. bucket and replenish like you were doing water change.
take the rock out, carefully plug off the algae and scrub the area with a toothbrush. rinse well with the old tank water--rigorously shaking the rock in the 5 gal. bucket.
put it back and watch for several weeks---see that it doesn't come back....if it does, do the same thing all over again.

 

[motortrendz]

Morton is correct, it is Red Bubble Algae, Botryocladia. Not good for reef tanks as it can go just wild. You need to control this with some Turbo snails.

whos morton? lol.... MOTOR TRENDZ not morton trendz...lol

 

[NanoPerson67]

siphon about 2 gal. of the old tank water into a 5 gal. bucket and replenish like you were doing water change.
take the rock out, carefully plug off the algae and scrub the area with a toothbrush. rinse well with the old tank water--rigorously shaking the rock in the 5 gal. bucket.
put it back and watch for several weeks---see that it doesn't come back....if it does, do the same thing all over again.

ill do it on my next water change =). i just did a water change and i dont want to stress the fish out ot corals... the red bubble algea is only on one rock that is really not touching the other rocks so maybe ill just get rid of the rock..i also have some that are green.. i dont think it will spread that quickly

 

[spacenyc]

what is picture 3?

sorry to piggyback but i was just going to post a picture about the same thing growing in photo 3

 

[Boomer]

MOTOR TRENDZ not morton trendz

Well, I thought you looked a little more salty than "Motor " so I changed it

 

[motortrendz]

MOTOR TRENDZ not morton trendz

Well, I thought you looked a little more salty than "Motor " so I changed it

typical EOD.... lol you shoulda been a firefighter, ..lol