Can anyone I.D. these for me?

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jweb
 
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Can anyone I.D. these for me?

by jweb

I've attached pictures of some weird bubble thing. It is really slimy feeling and very soft. The other two pictures are of some type of plant. Possibly a form of caulerpa? Let me know what you think! Thanks!
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NAGABEAST
 
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by NAGABEAST

WHERE ARE THE PICS??? WITHOUT SEEING I WOULD SAY THE "BUBBLE THING" MIGHT BE BUBBLE ALGEA...


saltwaterpimp
 
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by saltwaterpimp

idk the names off the top of my head, a tank will eat the algae thoufg, and the first pic idk, can you get a better shot of it ? NAGABEAST click reply to view the pics..


jweb
 
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by jweb

the bubble looking stuff is like irradescent or however you spell it and brown/purplish. its almost shiny and i now see little tiny ones all over the live rock in my tank. like it's spreading or multiplying. i have never seen it before and it's pretty weird looking to me. Just hit reply to see the pics. I tried to get the best shots i could so that's the best i could do.


jweb
 
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by jweb

Okay here are some better pics...

The bubbly looking thing...
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o293 ... CF8479.jpg

A disk shaped bubbly thing...
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o293 ... CF8488.jpg

Plant (Possibly Caulerpa?)
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o293 ... CF8490.jpg

And...

My New Baby Shroom!
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o293 ... CF8495.jpg


puffedupseagull
 
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by puffedupseagull

Man you have some PREMIUM CORALINE GROWING THERE


fihsboy
 
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by fihsboy

The bubble is bubble algae....the disk shaped is a ricordea.....the plant is bubble culpera....and congrats on your baby shroom. Are you adding iodine? It would probably love you for it if you arent. And the disk shaped looks to be a baby shroom.


jweb
 
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by jweb

Yeah puff I bought it from a guy for $1.50 a lb like that, it was in his tank for 2 years.

Okay so I need to take that bubble algae out then right?


saltwaterpimp
 
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by saltwaterpimp

disc shaped bubbly thing is a mushroom ....i dont know about ricordia but..ya never know...And thats is some funky looking bubble algae...


jweb
 
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by jweb

One guy on my local reef club forum says it is Botryocladia, a type of red grape algae. I think that is what it is. Just a weird flourescent kind.

Can anyone I.D. these for me?

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