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greenighs
02/28/2004, 11:40 AM
http://www.greenighs.com/seahorses/tank/encrusting_halimeda.jpg

Can't find an ID for his anywhere. Any ideas?
MarLooney
02/28/2004, 05:05 PM
whoa... that's what Swamp Thing's brain is made out of ><

cool looking stuff, hopefully it's not a bad algae.
greenighs
03/07/2004, 10:43 AM
No ideas, anyone?
kmk2307
03/07/2004, 02:33 PM
Clare,

I have no idea. That is very interesting! Is it just a fluid-filled sack like Valonia? How fast does it grow? Where did you get it from?

Kevin
greenighs
03/08/2004, 07:06 AM
No, it's fleshy, like a cactus flower. Not growing very well, alas. I got from my local fish store, I'll have to find out where it was collected from.
kmk2307
03/15/2004, 12:31 AM
Clare,

I recently read through The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium Volume 1. What you have looks very much like a species of Codium they list.

HTH,
Kevin
Gerard Alba
03/22/2004, 05:42 AM
I agree
greenighs
03/22/2004, 05:47 AM
Thank you! Good to have an ID. It's not doing so well, though, and has thinned out quite a bit since that pic. :(
kmk2307
03/22/2004, 12:41 PM
I'm sorry greenighs,

What kind of lighting is it under and how far from the lighting is it? Is your water very clean (low nitrates and low phosphates)?

Kevin
kmk2307
03/23/2004, 02:27 PM
Clare,

I just saw this page and thought of your algae. Could what you have be Dictyosphaeria?

Dictyosphaeria is listed about 1/3 of the way down this page:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/GradStud/smith/QUEST/limu-studyguide.htm

Kevin
BlennyBabe
03/28/2004, 10:32 PM
I had some of the growing on a piece of rock that my hermits and snails couldnt get (against glass) and as soon as I moved the rock they ate it in one day. It was like they were all waiting for the rock to be accessable. Its a shame, it was a cool algae...