Something on my Goni?

[HandofThanatos]

I took this picture and figured I would come here to see if this is just how they grow or some sort of hitchhiker? There are these weird nodules on the skeleton of the frag...

Is this a hitchhiker, algea, or just how Goniapora grows?

I would like to try to save the frag if it is an issue, but I have far more expensive things in the same tank so if I have to get rid of it I won't be absolutely heart broken...

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Looks like bubble algae, probably will become an issue and is probably somewhere else in your tank too.

 

[MohrReefs]

That's bubble algae. Get it gone :).

 

[MohrReefs]

If it becomes an issue, emerald crabs may eat them.

 

[HandofThanatos]

That's bubble algae. Get it gone :).

What is the best way to get rid of it on a coral?

 

[MohrReefs]

What is the best way to get rid of it on a coral?

Dont pop it, try to pick it off though.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

I use forceps to go below and try to pluck them off which is easy with big ones or ones not attactched well, but if it doesn't go its best not to force it amd risk bursting them. If your tanks big foxfaces and sailfin tangs are known to eat them

 

[HandofThanatos]

I use forceps to go below and try to pluck them off which is easy with big ones or ones not attactched well, but if it doesn't go its best not to force it amd risk bursting them. If your tanks big foxfaces and sailfin tangs are known to eat them

I have a 13 gallon, so those are not an option. I have a tuxedo urchin, a lawnmower blend and a couple trochus snails, but the snails appear to have died recently and with everything going on I have not been able to replace them.

I don't see any other bubble algea, but I do have what I have to imagine is green hair algea on maybe like 3 inches total of live rock.