uwharrie Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Pulled the one rock that did not have coral attached to scrub off algae. Found this little gem wedged in it. Now glued to a small bit of rock. It is bright orange which does not show up well with the camera phone. So what is it? Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Cool find! Looks like a sponge of some sort possibly. Link to comment
uwharrie Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 It is very "branchy" for lack of any other description. It looks and feels like a microalgae but it is orange. Link to comment
FlowLikeWater Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Almost looks like Halymenia Elongata Link to comment
ndrobey Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Probably red beard sponge. Link to comment
Newstead Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Does it look like this one? Link to comment
uwharrie Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Does it look like this one? Sort of. The "branches" are somewhat round. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Do you have any flame algae? Mine turns bright orange like that when it detaches and gets lost somewhere and doesn't get enough light. Link to comment
uwharrie Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 I do have dragons breath. But the structure of this is very different Do you have any flame algae? Mine turns bright orange like that when it detaches and gets lost somewhere and doesn't get enough light. Link to comment
uwharrie Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 well the little orange "thing" did not survive the "move" darn it. I glued it to a small rock and placed it in a shaded area of the tank, a few days later it had turned gray and almost translucent. darn it! Link to comment
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