Algae type ID?? *PHOTO*

[JEFFR259]

Evening everyone!

I have no idea what type of algae (assuming its algae) I have here. It's grown very slowly since I got the LR it came off of (about 3 months). It finally detached itself for some reason (or got plucked off by something in the tank) and I found it stuck in a Koralia intake.

Is this a type of bubble algae? Its filled with a water substance....and is about 2.5" tall. I got it out of Koralia, shot the pic, and chucked it in the garbage. Should I worry about it spreading? it didn't burst in the tank and I don't know if I should pluck out the one tiny remaining piece in the tank (about .5" tall)

thanks!

 

[centipede]

Doesn't look bad to me. There's an algae that looks a lot like that (might even be that), that I've heard called tang heaven. Doesn't grow out of control and the tangs love it.

 

[BurntOutReefer]

looks like macro-algae, Gracilaria parvispora....
http://www.ipsf.com/tangheaveninstructions.html

 

[Capt_Cully]

Gracilaria parvispora....

I thought he played for the Dodgers...