To pull or not to pull - Valonia

[Seriak]

So I happened to notice a golf ball sized valonia in my tank they other day. It sort of looks cool, but should I be safe and yank that sucker out of there?

[Aquattro]

Yup

[lastlight]

if you have even one bubble of the stuff i'm convinced you've got it forever now based on my passed experiences. but yeah go head remove it in one piece then throw it at a wall it's fun =)

[Seriak]

Originally Posted by lastlight

if you have even one bubble of the stuff i'm convinced you've got it forever now based on my passed experiences. but yeah go head remove it in one piece then throw it at a wall it's fun =)

I guess any wall should do. Don't be surprised when you walk outside and see a smudge on your wall.

[daniella3d]

ah ah, yes some of the big ones bounce like a superball!

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Seriak

Don't be surprised when you walk outside and see a smudge on your wall.

Don't mess with me. If you recall I can grow these puppies BIG.

[Seriak]

lol

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by lastlight

if you have even one bubble of the stuff i'm convinced you've got it forever now based on my passed experiences. but yeah go head remove it in one piece then throw it at a wall it's fun =)

+1. You've tried to be careful, but studies have shown that 70% of people with Valonia got it from a fellow reefer, frag, or rock who had no signs or symptoms of infection. So remember, it doesn't matter whether you can see any signs of the bubbles, you can still spread Valonia at any time.

If you can see one, you've got dozens more you either can't see, or haven't grown large enough to see yet. Thankfully, of all the nuisance algaes, it's probably the prettiest (their surfaces refract light in the same way as star sapphires) and least problematic for corals. The old ones will often get covered in coralline algae. In my tank I've watched at least half a dozen of them get completely encrusted over by fast growing montipora, to the point where they become little more than slight bumps in the surface of the coral.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Seriak

So I happened to notice a golf ball sized valonia in my tank they other day. It sort of looks cool, but should I be safe and yank that sucker out of there?

I've been siphoning it out of my tank ever since I bought rock from a member
Ya, a big bulb is pretty impressive, but I'll side with the ones who say get it out asap

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Don't mess with me. If you recall I can grow these puppies BIG.

Why did you shut down your 404 ?
You coulda sold Kelp if you'd waited long enough