Help identifying these purple and orange things (algae, sponge..mushroom??)

[fishyfolks]

Originally Posted by hillegom

You have so many. Take one out and dissect it.
Are they hard, soft, liquid inside?

So, I took one out a dissected it. It was pretty stuck to the power head but when I gave it a good tug it came right off. When I cut into it, it was just kinda full of snot. Haha. It was just clear thin gelatinous grossness. I don't think that helped at all with my ID though.

Anyone else have any other ideas. Since they all kind of showed up within a week or so, I'm worried they're something harmful.

Thanks again.

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by fishyfolks

When I cut into it, it was just kinda full of snot. Haha. It was just clear thin gelatinous grossness. I don't think that helped at all with my ID though.

Thanks again.

The bubble algae that I have seen has clear thin watery fluid

[ferret]

I'm pretty sure that belongs to a type of red bubble algae.

[hillegom]

ferret, I think you are right on. Along with all you other folks, spitfire being the first
I found this on the net

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/23854...-algaekind-of/

[kien]

so, not alien then? Learn something new everyday !

[mohammadali]

buy couple Emerald Crab
if the bubble algae is on one piece of LR just take out that rock and clean the bubble algae of the rock

[BubblesUp]

Looked around and found Botryocladia skottsbergii to be a possible ID.