Please ID My Red Mystery Macro!

Yedgy · 10/13/2007, 09:13 PM

I picked this branching red macro up at a local LFS because it looked cool and because it was very inexpensive. It was in a jellyfish tank along with some other macros. The LFS doesn't know what it is, and I've found only one photo of it online, but they didn't know what it is, either.

I'll try to get a sharper photo of it soon. It's thicker and stubbier than gracilaria, and it has a somewhat rubbery texture. It seems different from the Caulacanthus ustulatus alga on Melev's ID page, both in terms of appearance and strength. It doesn't seem to be invasive, as the LFS employee just picked it right out of the substrate.

It's in my QT for now because a) it's unidentified and b) it has some white spots, white branches that look like they may be somehow diseased, and a few hitchhikers that I want to clear off.

So...anyone want to take a stab? What is it? Is it reef-safe?

Thanks!

loosecannon · 10/13/2007, 10:10 PM

Scinaia sp. Family Chaetangiaceae, may be S. complanata.

Yedgy · 10/14/2007, 12:44 AM

Thanks, loosecannon! I think you may be right. I just posted to an old S. complanata thread I found. Hopefully I can get some more information there.

10/13/2007, 09:13 PM	#1
Yedgy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Posts: 390	Please ID My Red Mystery Macro! I picked this branching red macro up at a local LFS because it looked cool and because it was very inexpensive. It was in a jellyfish tank along with some other macros. The LFS doesn't know what it is, and I've found only one photo of it online, but they didn't know what it is, either. I'll try to get a sharper photo of it soon. It's thicker and stubbier than gracilaria, and it has a somewhat rubbery texture. It seems different from the Caulacanthus ustulatus alga on Melev's ID page, both in terms of appearance and strength. It doesn't seem to be invasive, as the LFS employee just picked it right out of the substrate. It's in my QT for now because a) it's unidentified and b) it has some white spots, white branches that look like they may be somehow diseased, and a few hitchhikers that I want to clear off. So...anyone want to take a stab? What is it? Is it reef-safe? Thanks! __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan

10/13/2007, 10:10 PM	#2
loosecannon Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: port kent Posts: 1,292	Scinaia sp. Family Chaetangiaceae, may be S. complanata. __________________ I like getting WET! Current Tank Info: 44gal. 40 gal. 75 gal. 30gal. and working on a 75gal. rigt

10/14/2007, 12:44 AM	#3
Yedgy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Posts: 390	Thanks, loosecannon! I think you may be right. I just posted to an old S. complanata thread I found. Hopefully I can get some more information there. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan