Green bubbles in refugium

[kabaliwi]

Was just looking in my refugium and saw weird green bubble algae on a piece of live rock. Does anyone know what this is?

alt="" />

alt="" />




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -

 

[ringo®]

Looks like grape caluerpa

 

[axio]

Grape Caluerpa

 

[kabaliwi]

Good or bad? Do I need to get rid of it? There are two filters between my refugium and return pump back into the display.

 

[ringo®]

Kabaliwi;907427 wrote: Good or bad? Do I need to get rid of it? There are two filters between my refugium and return pump back into the display.

Little bit of both I guess. More trouble than it's worth IMO. Here's an old thread on it

 

[jennm]

It's Caulperpa racemosa (yes, grape caulerpa).

Good or bad depends who you ask. Yes, it's invasive if allowed to become so. There's some mixed info in that other thread - it's not noxious to fish, many herbivores will eat it.

Yes it will crash if it's untended - if you want to keep it, keep it contained, and keep it pruned.

I had some in my refugium in my seahorse tank, crash, years ago. Woke up to see milky, cloudy water. No deaths/damage in my case but a big Caulperpa crash *can* foul a tank.

Jenn

 

[picoreefguy]

i also keep some in my sump for nitrate removal and as long as you keep it trimmed/pruned back you shouldnt have any problems and my blue tang loves to eat it. if i plan on going away for a day or two i just throw a nice clump in the tank for him and hes happy.