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Rybren
01/24/2011, 08:00 PM
I have two types of macro that are growing out of control on my rockwork. Both types are well attached to the rock and require a strong pull to remove them. Both get to be about 2" - 2 1/2" long. The white balance is off on the pics, but one is a tan colour and the other is dark red/almost brown. It's hard to tell, but they may be different colour morphs of the same algae.

None of my tank inhabitants will eat the stuff; I have turbo, trochus, cerith, and astrea snails as well as a coral beauty and yellow tang.

An ID would be nice, but advice as to what might eat it would be very nice :lmao:

Thanks... The pics aren't the greatest, guess it's time for a new camera

The red stuff

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PsukGokN0FE/TT4rHSnavzI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/mOftPEWHZVA/s800/red%20macro%2024%20Jan%2011.JPG

The tan stuff..

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PsukGokN0FE/TT4rHGE78AI/AAAAAAAAAYM/l9Oi8PDmdRI/s800/Brown%20macro%2024%20Jan%2011.JPG

Rybren
01/28/2011, 05:53 PM
I pulled some of the darker stuff out of the tank and got a (I hope) better picture. Looking through the online sources, I'm thinking that it may be Gelidium microdon. Thoughts?

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_PsukGokN0FE/TUNUtn5mMvI/AAAAAAAAAYw/r4larxVyQ9k/s800/macro.JPG

Green_fishy
02/03/2011, 01:49 PM
Gelidium or gracilaria?

Rybren
02/04/2011, 07:30 PM
I really don't know, but to me, it doesn't look like any of the images of gracilaria that I've looked at.