Another unknown marco algae
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bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
don't have an ID but that stuff is gorgeous 
graveyardworm
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It appears to possibly be Udotea sp. ( mermaids fan ). Here's a picture for comparison.
http://saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/Green/calcareousalgae/Upetiolata.htm
http://saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/Green/calcareousalgae/Upetiolata.htm
Graveyardworm: Thank for the ID
Bluenassarius: Gorgeous, slow growing, easy to remove, and unlike many of my other macros not a threat. Now if I can just figure out how to propagate it. It has a very large holdfast, I wonder it a piece of it attached to a rock would grow a new colony?
Origin of these two colonies is InlandAquatics of Terre Haute , IN (USA).
Honeybee
Bluenassarius: Gorgeous, slow growing, easy to remove, and unlike many of my other macros not a threat. Now if I can just figure out how to propagate it. It has a very large holdfast, I wonder it a piece of it attached to a rock would grow a new colony?
Origin of these two colonies is InlandAquatics of Terre Haute , IN (USA).
Honeybee
bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
I'd be interested in acquiring some of that.
Samala: I also am attracted to marco algae and try to acquire new specimens, but before I learned to isolate them some became a problem. When I first saw a small colony at Inland Mike Ames (manager) called it an invader and not something they would sell. The next time I saw a colony it was growing in my reef. In one year I have two colonies, spreading but should be easy to control.
Samala & bluenassarius: If I could find some way to start new colonies on smaller rocks they are yours, all you have to do is drive over and pick it up.
Honeybee
Samala & bluenassarius: If I could find some way to start new colonies on smaller rocks they are yours, all you have to do is drive over and pick it up.
Honeybee
