Little Red Bubbles ID plz

[steel]

can some one tell me what the little Bubles are????
Thanks

 

[sammystingray]

Could be botryocladia.

 

[steel]

thanks sammy is it good or bad and what dose it do???
sorry i know i ask you a lot of qustens.
Thanks
Travis

 

[joemack]

Is that like a red valonia ?

 

[thomas712]

Yep looks like botryocladia.
If it is I would not call it a good thing, your choices are manual removal, finding a critter/fish to eat it like foxface, or cut the nutrients that it is feeding off of and or the lighting.
Some varieties can grow very, very fast and can become a nightmare.
Thomas

 

[steel]

ok whats so bad about it it dosent seem to be doing anything but sit there. just wondring whats so bad about them???
Travis

 

[thomas712]

The problem is that once these things get going and gain momentum then can choke out all life on a rock by packing in so tight and covering everything. They are much worse than their green cousins.
I know Sammy had a real bad bout with them at one time that I believe was sucessfully combated with a foxface.
Thomas

 

[steel]

humm i guess i will pull them out they dont seem to be growing but if they will take out all the life on that rock can i just pull it off the rock or do i have to like slice it off????
Travis

 

[jlem]

Really cool looking

 

[thomas712]

You should be able to pull it off. Gently.

 

[newbienz]

Originally posted by JoeMack
Is that like a red valonia ?
It is also called that

 

[thomas712]

Its been called that but it is properly botryocladia.

 

[steel]

ok thanks i am pulling it off now
Travis

 

[saltyj]

Yes get it now, I left some in my tank and now it is everywhere, argggggg. I am trying to find someone to eat it. I think my emeralds eat it but it spreads so fast they can not keep up. I am going to get a bunch more soon and maybe try a fox face.

 

[steel]

humm sorry i didnt get to post t would not let me at home but anyway i pulled it off to find teo smaller ones onder it yall where right humm i guess i will wate a bit and let them grow and then pull them so i dont have to rip in to my buttens.