kappa Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 It is red, translucent, and is branching in several spots on the side of a fox coral. Link to comment
supernip Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 omg. tunicate or macroalgae. Either way, let it grow out a bit. If you don't like it, send it to your pal nips Link to comment
Helfrichs Chick Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Macro Algae, more specifically looks to be Dictoya Sp. HTH Link to comment
kappa Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 I hope it won't grow out of control Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 probably not. the red stuff is much harder to keep long term in the reef than the green algaes. lots o peeps would kill for red algaes in thier systems. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Thanks Helfrich's chick. Link to comment
Helfrichs Chick Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 NP. I have some and love it. It grows pretty slow in my system, but I do run low nutrients. Link to comment
supernip Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 also check for Nemastoma sp. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Okay, I am going to take a better picture, and repost it for better ID. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 With all the lps corals and such I have, I have to spot feed every three or four days, or the sun corals and denros won't be happy. I have the skimmer on wet skim now 24/7. I think I got high nutrients because some feather caulerpa started to grow, and my cheato is growing a bit dense with tons of brittle stars living in it. I need to pull apart the cheato soon. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Here is a closer shot. Link to comment
supernip Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 kappa kun. since ive been so nice to you in the past, please sell me some of this when it grows out. =) Link to comment
kappa Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 sure, I don't have anything in my aquarium that would attack it. So it should survive. And I will sell you some for sure. Here is a recent pic I took of some sort of feather Caulerpa. Link to comment
supernip Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 domo. your clam sold yet? Link to comment
psam Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Looks like gracilaria textorii. Here is a closer shot. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Nope. Now that I think about it, my clam looks like a T crocea clam, but 40 bucks is still a good price right? Link to comment
Helfrichs Chick Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Yea not Dictoya fho sho. Dishtoya is flat. I got some of this once, but can not remember the name, will try to track it down. Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 ok first, i think your "feather caulerpa" is byropsis- get rid of it quick the red macro could be sebdenia flabellata Link to comment
Reef Gator Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I'll throw in one more possibility: Botryocladia sp. "red bubble algae". I have some in my tank that I never could get rid of. I've accepted defeat. It's not too bad though. It's not very invasive and tends to like the lower light areas where I don't really want to put corals anyway. Mine is not the same species as what you have though. Mine doesn't branch, but the coloration and texture look similar. It's full of thick nasty clear goop right? If so you should avoid popping it open in your tank, it will spread just like valonia. Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 its not Botryocladia sp. that i'm sure of. Link to comment
Reef Gator Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The wise and powerful icy has spoken. Mind if I ask how you know? It's obviously not the pretty Botryocladia uvaria that is sold as an ornamental, but there is more than one species. I think I have Botryocladia skottsbergii in my tank fwiw. Is it the branching bulbs (rather than a branching thalli) that eliminate this from the Botryocladia genus? Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Botryocladia is a bubble algae. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/...ature/index.php although many different types, they all have one thing in common. it looks to be made up of bubbles. the structure of the algae above grows more like branching codium (y shaped branches) thats how i know. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Since the photo does not show this algae well, I will explain in detail what it looks like. It has tubular red branches with boob like structure and small pink nimples. It grows fast. It is now doubled in size from the photo above.I shall take another photo. My conch ate part of it, but I think it does not taste good, so it left it. Link to comment
phil_ip Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I bought a branching red algae that looks very similar to that. If it's the same one I had, from my experience, it grows very slow. Oh yeah and turbo snails love it. I could see little bites taken out of it from the snail and then one day all that was left was a little stub. Link to comment
c est ma Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Since the photo does not show this algae well, I will explain in detail what it looks like. It has tubular red branches with boob like structure and small pink nimples. It grows fast. It is now doubled in size from the photo above.I shall take another photo. My conch ate part of it, but I think it does not taste good, so it left it. Actually, I thought your last pic was excellent, but your description, while an, uh, interesting simile, actually does add a lot to the pic. How about some specie of Rhodopeltis?: http://www.algaebase.org/search/images/view/?img_id=34750 http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/de...species_id=1957 --Diane Link to comment
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