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02/03/2008, 01:31 AM
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ID please.
I have these small branching brown things that grow almost everywhere. No preference to light or dark. To me it looks like ditritus that has clung onto a rock and formed a branching structur. What is this? Sorry for the bad pic.
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02/03/2008, 02:15 AM
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This appears to be a peice of live rock with a mixture of some common coralline algae as well as nuissance algaes.
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02/03/2008, 07:38 AM
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The light colored branches are foraminiferans if that's what you're asking. They're harmless filter feeders.
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02/03/2008, 02:27 PM
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yes the light colored ones...but not so sure it is forams. I have the purple forams as seen in this picture.
 but the other branching structures are nothing like these. Are they another species of foram? I cannot find anything on the internet to confirm this. |
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02/03/2008, 05:31 PM
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Yep, they're just different species.
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