[emccullough1]

Can any one tell me if this is green buble algy

[e_baer]

looks like it...get a mithrix crab...they eat bubble algea...and whatever you do, DONT POP THEM!

[rlcline76]

For once I am having problems with your picture. Does your algae have a bubble appearance like this
http://user.aol.com/casey144801/aquarium/BubbA.jpg
or could it just be green algae?

[emccullough1]

here is a 20 sec vido may be you can see it better.
Video of 20sec xenia - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
There is 3 or 4 grups of them most are darker green then the pick you showed. thay look like groops of grape's

[e_baer]

yeah thats definately bubble algae.

[rlcline76]

Could very well be. I would hate to tell you to get an emerald crab to take care of the problem and then have it spaz out and eat the corals. There is a way you can manually and CAREFULLY remove these little buggers so that they don't release spores. Be patient and someone should chime in soon.

[e_baer]

only pick them when thye are a dark green color and big! Dont pick the small ones, only the big ones. i had a bubble algae problem and i thought it was cool to pop them....BAD IDEA! you can also pop and siphen it at the same time then just pick it off all while the spihon is right over the algae.

[rlcline76]

You might glean something from this, Ed.
'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com

[emccullough1]

More pic's closer.

[rlcline76]

Oh yeah that's it. Good pics. Start getting them under control before they take over...put that hammer away!

[e_baer]

lol yes definately put it away.

[emccullough1]

Richline76 from that link I would say it is this

Valonia macrophysa forms dark green, branching, unicellular vesicles under ½ inch thick and up to an inch or so in length. The vesicles are roughly clavate (club-shaped), with much distortion, swelling towards a usually very-rounded top end. Given the dense packing of the vesicles, only these tops are visible, and the mistaken impression of spherical vesicles is easily obtained. The species enjoys a global distribution, from the Indian Ocean through the Western Pacific into Tahiti, throughout the Caribbean, throughout the Mediterranean out to the Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic. Relatively weak anchorage to hard substrates allows for the often-easy manual removal of several vesicles at a time

Only my'n are realy small

[rlcline76]

Well, you know what you got to do...get to prying.

[blind1993]

hope u have sucess but why are they bad for an aquarium becasue i think they look prettty cool.

[e_baer]

they can take over. They DO look cool. just not when it is taking over. I left one...just a singel one in my tank, and it hasnt reprodiced.

[emccullough1]

From what I'm geting from reading about it is thay will take over and kill your corals

[emccullough1]

Well here is the tool I maid for the job.

[sigsauer]

I think we've got a winner. I'll contact the patent office. You get to work on a more "appealing" model. We'll mass produce them in my garage and sell them on ebay and late night tv. We're gonna be RICH! First thing to buy with the new money....400 gal tank?

[e_baer]

lol i like that nice tool. unfortunately i dont think it will be that popular unless it has a cool name. maybe something like "the algae destroyer 3000" and it needs to be a cool color like some nice manly orange color.

[emccullough1]

I love the name ( the algae destroyer 3000 ) But when it comes to the 400 gal tank I well have to bild on first I have 2-10gal ,20 gal and 55 gal in a 20x15 and a bed ,small frig , computer and TV room now. I have to be carfull not to smile to big or a wall may bust.

[rlcline76]

Originally Posted by sigsauer

I think we've got a winner. I'll contact the patent office. You get to work on a more "appealing" model. We'll mass produce them in my garage and sell them on ebay and late night tv. We're gonna be RICH! First thing to buy with the new money....400 gal tank?

For a percentage of that profit, I have a friend working at the US Patent Office.

[blind1993]

u know if u make it look more attractive u can sell it for alot of money

[glampka]

Sweeeeeeet!!!! Another use for the hammer - 1st it was used to get rid of Aiptasia, now the Bubble Buster!!!

[rlcline76]

It would be a nice supplement to your social security disability checks!
And I would like to say that, from the picture, it looks like your tank is coming along nicely!

becky

[blind1993]

yep i think the tank looks nice.