Wence Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 In September, I noticed a small bit of red growing out of the corner of the rock my larger Blastomussa colony was on. Since then, it has grown exponentially and has spread to a few other spots when I've broken pieces of it off accidentally while cleaning (inlcluding about a third of it a couple weeks ago). It grows VERY fast and can be taken out of the water without any problems (I haven't taken the main piece out, but have experimented with some of the stray bits). Here's a picture of the largest original part of it in the tank (if you check the FTS in my tank thread, you can see it start to appear as a nub in September and the exponential growth between October and December): Any idea what it is? I have a Tuxedo Urhin that has thus far ignored it completely. Link to comment
r3dph03n1x Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Beautiful! May be wrong but it looks like red bubble algae to me bro. Heck of a clump though. Is it slimy, hard, soft, etc.? Link to comment
19jeffro83 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Lol that almost looks like a Rbta. Link to comment
LPS-Crazy Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Actually looks like a frogspawn in a kick ass color morph Link to comment
Wence Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 r3dpho3n1x, it is made up of leafy pieces that are lavendar with the bright red at the edges. I've seen green bubble algae, and if red is similar, this is definitely not it (my Emerald Crab doesn't bother it either). It feels like a sponge (squishy and soft, but not slimy), but is OK out of water. The leaves will adhere to new spots if they are strapped down for a few days or wedge in somewhere out of a current (there's a lot of it growing mixed in with my green buton polyps at th back left). I'm just bummed the blasto colony it shares a rock with got damaged while I was away. Nemastoma Beautiful! That's definitely it. Thanks Yoshii! Link to comment
19jeffro83 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Congrats if it is. Looks nice. Does it deflate or close up at night? Link to comment
SbCaes Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Congrats if it is. Looks nice. Does it deflate or close up at night? id buy it if you dont like it. O_O" Link to comment
Wence Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 Congrats if it is. Looks nice. Does it deflate or close up at night? No, it never shrinks, and other than growing like crazy stays the same size night and day. Link to comment
keydiver Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 looks like nemastoma. Its beautiful, pm me if your willing to sell a piece Link to comment
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