ID, I think Halimeda

[liv4speed1]

Is this Halimeda? Curious, I have it growing in one of my tanks and wonder everytime I see it.

<img src="http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~hbc02/alg.jpg">

Thanks . it seems to be doing very well.

 

[horge]

Yes.

 

[evermann]

thats it, but cant quite remem what specific type but they pretty much care the same.......

 

[liv4speed1]

so I have figured out what might be eating up the calcium in the little tank . I think it looks pretty cool myself, thanks for the ID confirmation

 

[evermann]

o'indeed its a calcium eater.....

 

[Puffygrrl]

o'indeed its a calcium eater.....

So much so, that I hadn't added Ca to my tank in 2 weeks due to a high reading and noticed my halimeda hadn't grown at all. I added 20mL to my 80-gallon reef and within 1/2 hour new tips had started to grown on the halimeda. Little Ca eaters! I love it though, it adds such a nice touch to a reef tank.

 

[liv4speed1]

I have nothing in my 10 gallon tank that needs calcium except that . I think it looks cool, I was gonna pull it at first sight, but after seeing it when it's large I really like it

 

[liv4speed1]

A month and a half later, it's a pretty quick grower. From a bit of a macro shot in the first picture (with the Zoanthid polyp) to the shot with a Dwarf A. ocellaris

<img src="http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~hbc02/h2.jpg">
it usually colors up a bit more during the day, such a nice macro