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mark_d50
01/13/2014, 09:20 AM
Hey everyone - was wondering if anyone is able to help me ID thisreally pretty red plate-like coral (or is it a sponge?!) that has been steadily growing on one of my first pieces of live rock (~8mos old) in my display tank. This example is about the size of a quarter in diameter and maybe half a quarter high, but there is another version at the back of the tank where I cant get a good photo that is two or three times this size.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks and apologies if this is in the wrong forum, I tried looking around for an ID thread in the coral forums.

http://postimg.org/image/9liq5qxhv/

mark_d50
01/13/2014, 09:22 AM
http://s29.postimg.org/kxvbnj66v/IMG_0746.jpg

mark_d50
01/15/2014, 10:57 AM
turns out someone on another forum thinks it's a red macro algae - possibly a rhodophyte - if anyone is interested!