Macro Algae ID anyone?

[ChrisIsBored]

The other forum wasn't getting much attention so....

Any ideas?

 

[danmhippo]

I have to tell you the first glance, I thought I was looking at the freshwater Cabomba. I honestly don't know the name of it if it's indeed marine plant.

 

[danmhippo]

I was looking through Baensch Marine Atlas and saw the pic very similar to yours. It indicates it's the young shoots of Caulerpa paspaloides. As the plant matures, each division will thicken up.

Hope that helps and hope it's the right one.

 

[THEFishHead]

Hmmm,

That doesn't look like Caulerpa paspaloides, though under very low light it MIGHT take such a form, can you back up a bit so I can get a sense of the scale? Judging by the grape of Caulerpa lentillifera on the left, I'd guess your specimen is an unusually large Caulerpa verticillata.

Julian Sprung

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I attempted to take a few better shots but this stuff is against the glass and the grape is crowding around it. I found some pics though for comparison shots...

C. Paspaloides var laxa

C. Verticillata

The one in my tank kind of resembles both in some form or another. Like the Paspaloides it has many "sprouts" on each stem(unlike verticillata), but like the Verticillata is has many more stems.

I'll try to take more pictures tonight when the light from the window behind me isn't creating any glare on the glass.

Thanks guys, it's getting narrowed down now...

 

[ChrisIsBored]

Here are a few other pics...

The other two are about 200k each. Nice and big so they can be seen easier... I'll link to them directly to save a little bandwidth for those on a slow connection.



http://www.cpugh.com/algae2.jpg
http://www.cpugh.com/algae3.jpg

 

[viper12775]

it looks like species of fether caulerpa but im not sure wich one sorry

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I'm going to assume it is indeed Caulerpa Verticillata unless anyone thinks otherwise. Thanks guys.