Red-shrub-bush-looking-thing........

[stevenp]

I can't seem to find any pictures of this thing online or in any books. I thought they may have just been remnants of some coral on my live rock but they seem to be getting better as opposed to dying off. (sorry about the poor quality pics).

Cheers,
Steve

 

[yoh]

looks like an algae of some sort, possible cyobacteria. :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

From pics 1 and 3 it would be impossible to say. Pic 2 shows some structure but not enough to give genus and species. It is a type of red macro algae.
Can you get better pictures and where is your rock from?

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[doublette]

It looks like the same stuff I have in my tank. I do not know what it's called unfortunately, I just had it referred to as red turf algae. I have talked to some folks who claim that Mexican Turbo Snails will eat it. We recently purchased a sea hare from our LFS and he loves this stuff, it's pretty much all gone now. Before we added the sea hare I was manually trying to remove it with a siphon hose.

 

[stevenp]

I'm still having difficulty taking pictures. Seems to be a real trick to it. It also doesn't help that my false perc is an attention whore and goes right in front of the camera blcoking my shot. These may be a little better... I may end up taking a sample out of the tank and photographing it against a white background...

In the pics attached to this reply, the 'plant' in the foreground has a completely different structure than the one in the back. The one in the back looks like it would be abrasive against your skin due to the hairs on it, while the one in the front appears 'waxy'.

The rock is a chunk of cured Kaelini Tonga from Premium Aquatics. I busted this rock up into a couple different pieces and there is 'stuff' popping out on all of them. It's definately full of life!

Cheers,
Steve

 

[stevenp]

another one

79 degrees F
1.0235 SG
PH 8.2
0 Amonia
0 Nitrite
15 Nitrate
CA 360
AK 12.5 DKH

Aquarium was set up on 10/8/04. LR was added 10/13/04

 

[WYOReeffreak]

That is exactly what I had on my LR. Kinda looked like a red Jashua Tree. I didn't like it so I took it out a tossed it. It has been gone for 4 month no sign of a comeback. The stalks seemed kinda calcified like those of a bottle brush plant.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

I've got one of those in my tank as well. It's been in there for about 9 months and has shown very little growth. I've never bothered to ID it since it isn't invasive at all and doesn't seem to be of harm to anything.

 

[wade1]

It actually appears to be a mixed batch of algae. One of the strands appears to be a red macro algae (which most herbivore type fish love) and the rest looks like the red turf/cotton candy algae. I would highly advise you to remove (by hand initially) any of the red algae that is "fluffy" or stranded like hair. That stuff can be a real nuisance. The other alternative, which I have seen alot, is that it is a layer of cyanobacteria overlaying a macro algae. That is really common on top of halimeda and others. That is not too big a concern.

Wade

 

[garagebrian]

I would say a type of red algae as well, but I mainly wanted to comment on the thing in the upper right of the photo 1582.jpg, looks like a skull with a frown and some brown hair

 

[Anonymous]

I would say a type of red algae as well, but I mainly wanted to comment on the thing in the upper right of the photo 1582.jpg, looks like a skull with a frown and some brown hair

Creepy!!! "Red-Shrub-Bush"...it looks like GW's skull!

 

[stevenp]

Heh, after after I posted that picture I saw the skull. I was wondering if anyone else would see the same thing.

After looking at some other posts, I'm sure that what I described as the 'waxier' growth is macro. I also sounds like the other is the cotton algae that you're talking about. This came on a couple different chunks of LR from Premium Aquatics.

Seems like it may be time for this tanks first pruning as I think I've spotted an aptasia as well.

I've also got a couple interesting hitchhikers I'll post in another thread as soon as I catch one and get a good picture of it (not even going to try and take a picture of these guys through the glas..).

Cheers,
Steve

 

[John_Brandt]

It's a red macroalgae (probably Halymenia). Wait until the branches grow larger and then present another picture for better identification.