What the heck is this thing??

[johnpeezy]

I found this growing on a hunk of coral that was dead, bleached, and dried for months.

Its been in my tank for a few weeks now and this lil thing popped up

any ideas?

 

[returnofsid]

Ummm, it looks like the start of a Frogspawn polyp. The skeleton looks like it might have also been Frogspawn. So, this was dry? Very interesting.

 

[reef18ster]

Looks like a baby nem from a split to me. Do you have any nems in your tank? Does it move around?

 

[johnpeezy]

Hasn't moved no nems except for mushrooms The only thing I have in there that even vaugley resembles it is as St. Thomas mushroom

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Wow that's crazy, not seen anything like that before.

 

[luisse25]

looks like a red bubble algae..heres a pic i found.

Scientific Description: This is Red Bubble Algae, one of the Botryocladia species, (probably skottsbergeii or pyriformis) . Some of the Botryocladia species, like Botryocladia occidentalis, are desirable. The main difference between an invasive species of Botryocladia and a desirable one is how it grows. Desirable species grow up from branches, and invasive species creep along the rock just leaving hard to remove bubbles. Some are in between both in risk and branch development.


or might be different...just giving an idea

 

[TotalVapor]

+1 luisse25 some time of algae

 

[nata]

Looking at skeleton i think frogspawn...

 

[Skimmy]

another +1 for algae

 

[user 26995]

Frogspawn was my thought too, but if its been dry for months? Could be a miracle?
I've seen it grow back from what was thought to be dead coral before, but not after its been dry for a while.

as for algae
It looks pretty much like this, dont you think?
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/al...gae-Photos-Gallery/Gibsmithia-hawaiiensis.htm

 

[mfinn]

I've seen similar in my tank.
I think luisse25 got it.

 

[roscoe]

It is some form of algea. I've seen these in my tanks and numerous other.

 

[Shane and John]

We had that algea in our 34 Gallon tank..If you pop the bubbles,It encourages it to spread..I had to manually remove it from the rocks..You better get to it while its still small and fresh...Thats just our experiances!

 

[blennielove]

+3 luisse25
I have the same things. Red bubble algae that my lawnmower blennie likes to eat. They are really neat and adds another texture to your tank.

 

[johnpeezy]

I guess time will tell, I haven't removed it or anything. I'm going to keep it in the tank for a while and see what it is going to to

 

[trido]

I'd vote red valonia as well. I have a ton of it in my refugium if you want more.