I believe the orange tips come from lighting and conditions. Mine is solid red but every once in a while a piece will break off and float somewhere else, generally higher, there it develops the orange tips.

Now that I think about it, another piece that I have rests on a heater and grows orange anywhere near touching the heater...

Yeah I read on John's site (reefcleaner) that the macro's color will vary depending on the intensity and color of the light. Also I think like monticaps the new growth is lighter/different color to start. Like in the blue scroll it seems to be brown around new growth and blue in centers.

Damn glad I got my macro before I posted the link. Both the blue scroll and blue/green macros are now gone from la reefs. You guys are quick. The red branching, red palm and red grape are sweet as well. I picked those up a few weeks ago and they grow like crazy with my lights.

How big is a "clipping"? Sounds kind of tiny...

I just shipped some 2-3" pieces about triple the size they've got pictured for $22 shipped (all out please no pm's), just trying to see if I'm too high or too low for next time.

That other algae is bad ass by the way, I thought it was a sponge? Brian from Fraggle Reef forwarded me some pics of a few he has and they're spectacular, but he said he bought them as sponges too. Either way, sponge or macro I've got a frag on hold!

The blue scroll clipping is about the size of a frag plug, so yeah small. The blue/green is cool, it is also a smaller clipping though. An lfs around here had some that looked kind of like it but gray in color that they said was a sponge as well.

Still need to find that other blue speckled algae you have.

Just ordered a frag of the Rare Pink Petals Predaea and the red string of pearls (not showing up since there was only one). I already ordered a frag of the predaea but it is like two tiny clippings and I put it in my main tank on a friday. I went camping over the weekend and when I came back it was gone. This time it is going in the frag tank.

Found a pic of the string of pearls.

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I got the pink petals as well, be interested in comparing with you down the line

Clipping sizes are TINY the pink is 1/2" and the metallic is 1"

Do the pink petals in person look like these? If so there's like 30+ square feet of them here...

Not quite, at least from the small pieces I had. The pink petals was a bright red/pink color. Also has rounded edges. That looks like red dictyota to me. I have a some crappy brown dictyota that actually has a nice blue hue to it under my phoenix 250. But it is starting to take over my 30g. Need to take the time to remove.

hey miggy i came across some S. Complanata and ochtodes the other day if your interested in a trade.

Do you have any pics? Haven't heard of any of those and I'm not so good with algae names yet