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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / October 2004live rock growth
I have some black shiny things that look like black pearls growing on my live rock.Can someone tell me what they are??? Thanks skipp If you look carefully, chances are they aren't black but actually dark green. In that case they are bubble algae, a nuissance algae. If you pop one of those bubbles the spores will spred all over the tank. An emerald crab is great for removing those. Robert > I have some black shiny things that look like black pearls growing on my > live rock.Can someone tell me what they are??? > Thanks skipp ahhh, i have a tankful of those, and dont consider them nuiscance, but rather part of a growing ecosystem. I think your talking about bubble alage too. It is green, and shiny, almost rainbowish reflections. I will get an emarald crab now becuase theres plenty of food for him! haha. by the way, if you picture my tank with alot of nuiscance stuff, thats not the case, there is no aptasia, lol. I do like the greel algaes sparseely spread around the tank, they add nice features to the reef and obviously provide food for other creatures. Wolf > If you look carefully, chances are they aren't black but actually dark > green. In that case they are bubble algae, a nuissance algae. If you pop [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> live rock.Can someone tell me what they are??? >> Thanks skipp > If you look carefully, chances are they aren't black but actually dark > green. In that case they are bubble algae, a nuissance algae. If you pop > one of those bubbles the spores will spred all over the tank. An emerald > crab is great for removing those. And emerald crabs, do they eat them as a whole thing or they also pop one of those and spread the spores all over the tank ? > > If you look carefully, chances are they aren't black but actually dark > > green. In that case they are bubble algae, a nuissance algae. If you pop [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > And emerald crabs, do they eat them as a whole thing or they also > pop one of those and spread the spores all over the tank ? Not sure how they eat them, but they do successfully remove it from a tank however they do it. I had some appear in my tank once and was actually hoping it would spread a bit since it isn't all that bad looking in small amounts. The crab found the patch and that was the least I saw of it. Robert >> If you look carefully, chances are they aren't black but actually dark >> green. In that case they are bubble algae, a nuissance algae. If you pop [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >And emerald crabs, do they eat them as a whole thing or they also >pop one of those and spread the spores all over the tank ? They make them disappear with out a trace. I have seen hermit crabs munching on it as well. It doesn't last long in my tank. Those are referred to as Sailor Eyeballs or Valonia. They can be plucked out gently or siphoned out, or you can do as other suggested and get some baby emerald crabs. When those crabs get larger, keep an eye on them because they can do some damage to other things, reportedly. Marc > I have some black shiny things that look like black pearls growing on my > live rock.Can someone tell me what they are??? > Thanks skipp  SignaturePersonal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
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