id on small orange bubbles

[Williamthegr88]

there seems to be small orange bubbles here and there in my tank wondering what they are and if I should be worried

 

[reeferfoxx]

Can't see them?

 

[Williamthegr88]

Can't see them?

Here ya go turned the lights up a bit

 

[reeferfoxx]

I'm not sure. Might be a macro algae?

 

[Williamthegr88]

Mabe I never seen really orange macro algae but I do have other macros in tank that was on live rock when I bought

 

[mtfish]

Picture is really fuzzy but looks like an orange tunicate. Did you get this as good, fresh live rock?

 

[Williamthegr88]

Yes I did I never heard of that what is it and sorry about pic my phone take horrible pictures

 

[shred5]

Yea it looks like it could be a tunicate..
Kind of fuzzy but that algae in the lower part of the picture looks like possible dictyota and can get really nasty..

 

[Williamthegr88]

is tunicate bad is it a algae? And yea I noticed it's starting to spread in going to manually remove some today

 

[mtfish]

Can you see if it looks like it has openings like a sponge? If it is a tunicate, then it is a filter feeder and good for your system and is a good sign you have decent water quality. They come in a variety of colors. If you can take a better picture then I am sure there are people on this board that can give you a positive ID. You can also do a google search for tunicate in reef tank pictures to see if it matches with what you are seeing.

 

[Williamthegr88]

Can you see if it looks like it has openings like a sponge? If it is a tunicate, then it is a filter feeder and good for your system and is a good sign you have decent water quality. They come in a variety of colors. If you can take a better picture then I am sure there are people on this board that can give you a positive ID. You can also do a google search for tunicate in reef tank pictures to see if it matches with what you are seeing.

 

[Williamthegr88]

Thats the best I can do it is really hard to get good pics in fish tank

 

[Williamthegr88]

and yes looks like it has openings

 

[shred5]

Yea it looks like a tunicate and they are harmless. They will most likely die in a standard reef because they starve to death.
That is dictyota below and needs to go.. I would remove the rock from water to remove it because it can cover a tank in not time and is very hard to get rid of.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I love tunicates......
https://www.google.com/search?q=ora...X&ved=0ahUKEwiEnbibiq7PAhVBTGMKHcm6AksQsAQILA

 

[Williamthegr88]

Yea it looks like a tunicate and they are harmless. They will most likely die in a standard reef because they starve to death.
That is dictyota below and needs to go.. I would remove the rock from water to remove it because it can cover a tank in not time and is very hard to get rid of.

Poop I really wish I knew that it's already starting to spread I have a blenny in qt do they eat doctors?

 

[Williamthegr88]

Autocorrect lol dictoyta

 

[Williamthegr88]

I love tunicates......
https://www.google.com/search?q=ora...X&ved=0ahUKEwiEnbibiq7PAhVBTGMKHcm6AksQsAQILA

Wow those pics are really nice I like them to

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

and fwiw. my dictoya died. enjoy the tunicates.

 

[Trueblue17]

If its spreading it could also be red bubble algea, I just got some off some live rock I just bought and it spread like mad! it was reddish orange ,and I had to remove some rocks ,so far so good