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Old 11-26-2006, 05:00 PM   #1
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EGGs or What ID pls

Morning all found these things attached to one of my rocks they look like dark green eggs any-one know what they might be
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Old 11-26-2006, 05:32 PM   #2
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Are you getting ready to post a picture?

So far all we know is that you have food some "dark green eggs attached to one of your live rocks." Maybe you have bubble algae: Valonia/Ventricaria? If so, this is considered a nuisance.
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Old 11-26-2006, 05:53 PM   #3
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Unhappy Pic

I can't seem to attach the pic..It wont let me for sopme reason...
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Old 11-26-2006, 06:26 PM   #4
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here I go again hopefully the pics work this time

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Old 11-26-2006, 06:40 PM   #5
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My eyesight isn't good enough to figure out what you have from your photographs. How about I post a couple of links to Ventricaria ventricosa (aka Valonia ventricosa) and then you tell me if that's what you have:

Here and here and here and here and here.

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Old 11-26-2006, 07:00 PM   #6
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Thanks Ninong, The Green ones are the ones that look like what I have...
What should I do....
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Old 11-26-2006, 08:19 PM   #7
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looks like bubbles in algae to me, I could only see it in the 4th pic.
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Old 11-26-2006, 08:24 PM   #8
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You should try to remove them. If you can reach them, you can gently twist them a little to try to get the holdfasts to release. You want to try to avoid popping them inside the tank. That's because the mature ones will release spores when they are popped and you will end up with more of them.

Some fish eat them, assuming your tank is large enough to accomodate the fish that do this (e.g., Siganus vulpinus-Foxface rabbitfish). Mithrax sculptus (Emerald crabs) will sometimes eat them but these crabs are not reef-aquarium safe after they become adults.
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Old 11-27-2006, 02:42 AM   #9
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thanks ninong I bought a fox face (carn,t help myself love this hobby)
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Old 11-27-2006, 10:25 AM   #10
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thanks ninong I bought a fox face (carn,t help myself love this hobby)
dude you need to slow down.
correct me if im wrong but hasrnt your tank only been running for about 2 months? and only about 4 days with 0 nitrite and ammonia?

And you have already added 2 clowns and anemone plus you just added a foxface witch gets to big for your 55g IMO anyway.

i think your headed for some trouble ahead if you carry on at this rate!

Dont inteand to be harsh just good advice.

If you wanted to get rid of the bubble algie the best way is to starve it of what it needs to live....nutrients and light.
but as you have a bubble tip in your tank you cant realy do the light, so you gotta concentrate on the nutrients witch is gonna be hard now, as you have added 3 fish in such a short time.

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Old 11-27-2006, 11:06 AM   #11
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I had a Foxface Rabbitfish (Siganus vulpinus) in my 120-gal reef aquarium. I bought it as a juvenile but it grew to about 7"-8" long within three years. It definitely seemed stressed out in my 120-gal tank after it matured. It's now in a 300-gal tank at someone else's house. I kept it for three years. I think a 180-gal tank is probably a good minimum size tank for this species.
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Old 11-27-2006, 11:19 PM   #12
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you know what guys I know you are right but this darn thing is just so addictive, I only hope i don,t get a massive spike now, if I do it won,t be from any advise you great people have given me it shall be from my own stupidity and impatience, I really do love this hobby and when I set my next tank and that shall be soon (an 8 footer I hope) I shall be more patient and have already made some of the more expensive mistakes and hopefull won,t repeat them
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I'm glad your not taking the advice critically, but do take it seriously my friend. You are headed down a path of overstocking which is going to lead to horrible nutrient problems (typical is overstocking) and fish that are less than healthy.
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Old 11-27-2006, 11:45 PM   #14
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I will always expect and except critisism, that is why I ask your advise there is little doubt that I have moved a mite fast (this time) I only hope my impatience does not cost me a lot of money, there will definately be no further additions to the tank in the forseeable future, my target at this moment in time is to try and buy a T-5 lighting set up(this is what the lighting forum recommend) after that I shall be searching around for an 8 x 2 x 2 tank , and Sump,then I shall put around 100 lbs of live rock in and leave it for a min 4 months believe me when I say I shall not repeat these early errors of judgement
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Old 11-28-2006, 01:13 PM   #15
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When I look at your 4th picture, it appears to be grape Caulerpa to me as opposed to bubble algae.
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Hi inwall what is grape caulerpa
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Grape Caulerpa
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Here is a very good representation of grape caulerpa (Caulerpa racemosa) and here is a very good representation of bubble algae (Ventricaria ventricosa).

As you can see, they are entirely different. With V. ventricosa, each individual little "egg" is attached by holdfasts to the rock.
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