Brown transparent sac!?

Subillbo · 02/06/2019, 04:58 PM

Hey peeps.... any idea what this is. I'm guessing it's some type of algae, but before I take it out I wanted to make sure it's not some type egg sac or something.

Thanks

mcgyvr · 02/06/2019, 05:00 PM

Pictures are kind of out of focus..
Could just be some bubble algae..
Hard to say exactly from those pics..

Subillbo · 02/06/2019, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Pictures are kind of out of focus..
Could just be some bubble algae..
Hard to say exactly from those pics..

Sry I have the hardest time with photos of the tank!

101010 · 02/06/2019, 09:13 PM

I often find this in my tank, probably some type of protein or oil build-up. I generally use a turkey baster to remove it or blow it off from the rock so that it can be removed by the skimmer.

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Subillbo · 02/09/2019, 11:45 PM

Thanks for the info..... I haven't done anything with this yet. The blob has grown a bit and now has a bright yellow spot on the top.... so confused on what this is. Any more ideas would be great!

clevername · 02/13/2019, 11:24 AM

bubble algae

lifeoffaith · 02/13/2019, 11:31 AM

Doesn't look like bubble algae to me. Looks alot like a macro algae I have in one of my tanks: Leathesia. There are a couple of different species, but that's what it looks like to me, pictures albeit out of focus.

Subillbo · 02/13/2019, 08:27 PM

Thanks for the reply.... I have left it in my tank for now. It has gotten bigger and is completely transparent. Kinda cool, but the weird thing is the bright yellow spot on top. Will let it go for a little bit longer just to see what happens.

homer1475 · 02/14/2019, 03:25 AM

100% without a doubt, bubble algae. The pink spot is coralline growing on it. Have some in my tank, even glowed at night under just actinics. Thought it was some kind of long dead polyp that came back to life.

02/06/2019, 05:00 PM	#2
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Pictures are kind of out of focus.. Could just be some bubble algae.. Hard to say exactly from those pics.. __________________ Who me?

02/09/2019, 11:45 PM	#5
Subillbo Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Rochester, ny Posts: 54	Thanks for the info..... I haven't done anything with this yet. The blob has grown a bit and now has a bright yellow spot on the top.... so confused on what this is. Any more ideas would be great! __________________ Subillbo "Hey... where do these stairs go?" "They go up!" - Ghostbusters 1984 Current Tank Info: 16 gal

02/13/2019, 08:27 PM	#8
Subillbo Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Rochester, ny Posts: 54	Thanks for the reply.... I have left it in my tank for now. It has gotten bigger and is completely transparent. Kinda cool, but the weird thing is the bright yellow spot on top. Will let it go for a little bit longer just to see what happens. __________________ Subillbo "Hey... where do these stairs go?" "They go up!" - Ghostbusters 1984 Current Tank Info: 16 gal

02/14/2019, 03:25 AM	#9
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	100% without a doubt, bubble algae. The pink spot is coralline growing on it. Have some in my tank, even glowed at night under just actinics. Thought it was some kind of long dead polyp that came back to life. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

02/06/2019, 09:13 PM	#4
101010 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 86	I often find this in my tank, probably some type of protein or oil build-up. I generally use a turkey baster to remove it or blow it off from the rock so that it can be removed by the skimmer. Sent from my ASUS_X00TD using Tapatalk

02/13/2019, 11:24 AM	#6
clevername Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manchester, MO Posts: 1,125	bubble algae

02/13/2019, 11:31 AM	#7
lifeoffaith Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Grand Rapids MI area Posts: 737	Doesn't look like bubble algae to me. Looks alot like a macro algae I have in one of my tanks: Leathesia. There are a couple of different species, but that's what it looks like to me, pictures albeit out of focus.