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05/28/2009, 10:31 AM
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ID please
i dont think it's bad but i noticed it when i first got my rock and it has definitely grown since then. it's about the size of a nickel. Anyone know what it is? sorry for the bad quality, its a camera phone. thanks
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05/28/2009, 10:55 AM
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Very hard to tell from the picture, but I would guess it is a sponge.
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05/28/2009, 11:46 AM
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Sponge seems like a good guess. The color looks too vivid for the common strains of cyanobacteria (red slime).
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05/28/2009, 12:50 PM
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red coralline maybe?
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05/28/2009, 01:18 PM
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its not a sponge beacause it is hard. i have a couple on my rock too. there deep red and wavy. look like some type of coral
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05/28/2009, 01:30 PM
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if it's wavy (in that it flows with the water) it's probably cyano . . .
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05/28/2009, 10:10 PM
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no they do not move in the flow. it's hard.
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