ID please.....

hyrumbradshaw · 12/22/2007, 11:23 AM

ok I have some of these things growing in my tank and dont know what it is.....two items in the picture needing ID. first is the dark red thing right in the middle, looks like a funnel, then the next thing is at the bottom of the picture in the middle and is a bright red looks kinda like a mini maple leaf or something....

rustybucket145 · 12/22/2007, 11:24 AM

Do either of them move? Or are they stationary in one position?

hyrumbradshaw · 12/22/2007, 11:29 AM

stationary both of them do not move....

rustybucket145 · 12/22/2007, 11:42 AM

Is the top one kinda leathery to the touch... ie, not hard like bone?

I have several of the bottom one's in my tank, they come, they go, they never get much larger than the one you pictured. They are not invasive. Not sure what they are called but they are pretty neat little guys.

hyrumbradshaw · 12/22/2007, 11:44 AM

I have not put my hand in to feel them but they do look as if they would/could be flexible or leathery....

walkerbrody · 12/22/2007, 04:08 PM

looks like red gracillia algae to me

adtravels · 12/22/2007, 07:52 PM

macro algae not sure which one

12/22/2007, 11:23 AM	#1
hyrumbradshaw Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 340	ID please..... ok I have some of these things growing in my tank and dont know what it is.....two items in the picture needing ID. first is the dark red thing right in the middle, looks like a funnel, then the next thing is at the bottom of the picture in the middle and is a bright red looks kinda like a mini maple leaf or something....

12/22/2007, 11:24 AM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Do either of them move? Or are they stationary in one position? __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

12/22/2007, 11:42 AM	#4
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Is the top one kinda leathery to the touch... ie, not hard like bone? I have several of the bottom one's in my tank, they come, they go, they never get much larger than the one you pictured. They are not invasive. Not sure what they are called but they are pretty neat little guys. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

12/22/2007, 04:08 PM	#6
walkerbrody lost ball in high weeds Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gadsden, Al Posts: 504	looks like red gracillia algae to me __________________ "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right." — Henry Ford Current Tank Info: 265 mixed reef, 110 fowlr, 40g fuge, 75g sump.

12/22/2007, 07:52 PM	#7
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	macro algae not sure which one __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

12/22/2007, 11:29 AM	#3
hyrumbradshaw Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 340	stationary both of them do not move....

12/22/2007, 11:44 AM	#5
hyrumbradshaw Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 340	I have not put my hand in to feel them but they do look as if they would/could be flexible or leathery....