FLricordia
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It has grown 10X in 5 weeks time. I have asked and searched and haven't found a defenitive answer so thought I would try the brain power of Reef Central.
Anyone know what this algae is?
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russ49merc
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i want some when you going to frag it?
bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
my guess would be some type of Scinaia sp.
BlueCoast
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FLricordia, did you get that off some FL live rock? I picked up a few small pieces of FL lr to get the good critters jumpstarted in my tank and i have been looking for what that red macro is(if it is macro) Mine is deeper red without the awesome fluorescance yours has.
It starts as a small heart shape and just keeps expanding. it eventually "tears" and flattens out some. I will try to snap a decent pic when i am home later.
THANKS for the ID guys
It starts as a small heart shape and just keeps expanding. it eventually "tears" and flattens out some. I will try to snap a decent pic when i am home later.
THANKS for the ID guys
BlueCoast
New member
darn, so close... seems to always be the case when trying to ID something in the tank.....
I have been looking around and also found
Fauchea laciniata looks pretty similar.
<here is a pic>http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/reds/FaucheaWebsite/index.htm
But i stink at ID'ing this stuff so far, not enough experience, why i keep coming back to you experts here at RC.
I have been looking around and also found
Fauchea laciniata looks pretty similar.
<here is a pic>http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/reds/FaucheaWebsite/index.htm
But i stink at ID'ing this stuff so far, not enough experience, why i keep coming back to you experts here at RC.
bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
it isn't fauschea.. fauschea is flat and leafy.. the macro he has i the picture seems to be inflated like a pillow... i still think its scinaia sp.
his piece above is still very small and won't know what it looks like until it grows a bit larger..
his piece above is still very small and won't know what it looks like until it grows a bit larger..
graveyardworm
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iamwhatiam52
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Anyone know where I can get some?
Just got the frag today in the mail. You really out did yourself with the packaging! It arrived in perfect condition and although I'm pretty sure it has already fastened to the rock I'm going to leave the netting over it for a bit longer.
I'm actually kind of hoping its S. complanata! That way I wouldn't be disrupting the Florida biotope theme, since this species has been recorded here.
This is what Littler et al. has to say about S. complanata in "Marine Plants of the Caribbean":
"Plants are quite distinctive, translucent, pale red, and usually 5-8 cm tall. Branching is strictly dichotomous. Regularly cylinderical branches with a soft gelatinous texture are all approximately the same length, creating a bushy, hemispherical plant. This alga grows at moderate depths (2-10 m) on coral fragments."
I'm actually kind of hoping its S. complanata! That way I wouldn't be disrupting the Florida biotope theme, since this species has been recorded here.
This is what Littler et al. has to say about S. complanata in "Marine Plants of the Caribbean":
"Plants are quite distinctive, translucent, pale red, and usually 5-8 cm tall. Branching is strictly dichotomous. Regularly cylinderical branches with a soft gelatinous texture are all approximately the same length, creating a bushy, hemispherical plant. This alga grows at moderate depths (2-10 m) on coral fragments."
