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Can anyone tell me what these green things are?
I noticed this a couple of weeks ago. These green bulbs are about 3 or 4 mm in diameter. Also is this mushroom in bad shape. Is my tank lighting too intence.
thanks rick |
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Green stuff is bubble algae. Your mushroom isn't a mushroom, and yes, it's in bad shape.
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The green stuff looks like bubble algae (Valonia)...not good stuff to have, if you google it there is plenty of info on how to deal with it.
Hard to say about too much light as we would need more info size of tank, type of lighting, etc...how long has the tank been setup for? Jason |
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Thanks for the information on the bubble algae. I'm new to the saltwater hobby so please excuss me if I do not know what type of coral I purchased. So the pink one is a brain coral I think.
My tank setup is as follows. It has been up and running for about 8 months. It is 230 gallons. The lighting is 4 radions with 2 mp40's and 2 mp10's. The sump is approximatly 100 gallons. I do about a 35 gallon water change every week. Do you need any other information. Thanks for your help Rick |
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Emerald crabs will take care of small bubble algae. But if I see it I still pick it out without bursting it
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Bubble algae, pick it out and toss it, do not break it in your tank as its spores will spread. You can also use an emeralt crab, but they are not 100% effective.
I am more concerned with the bubbles in your sandbed, and the diatom growth. Definately symptoms of too much light |
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We have found the emerald crabs very efficient, infact never realized how much work they do until we didnt have one in the tank. Tank looks awesome by the way!!
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Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I was able to pull the piece of live rock out and remove the algae manually. It was interesting because I punctured one of the bulbs and it squirted all over my workbench, thank God I had it outside of the aquarium.
I searched through the message board to find the Radeon thread. I was able to come up with a different profile for my lights. I hope it stops the bubbles in the sand and the red algae growth. I think I will look through the lighting posts and see if there's more information on Radeon profiles. I started into this hobby with very little experience with aquariums. I find that the CanReef message board is great for advice and suggestions. Now that I have figured out how to use photo bucket, I will post pictures of my build. My tank and stand is a work in progress but I am happy with it. Once again thank you Rick |
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That being said, too much light will only accelerate the diatom bloom. |
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I think I can take that one piece of live rock out and scrape the bubble algae off.
My radions are at full intensity using the natural lighting pattern. I never know what type of custom pattern to create. Waynemah, do you have radions as well if so what intensity are you using? I'll think I'll turn mine down to 80%. thanks Rick |