Macro-algae ID please

[Reef55]

Hello, can anyone give an ID for this stuff? It only grows to a little over an inch tall for each tuft, and is brown in color. Thanks!

Mark

 

[Reef55]

no one?

 

[Samala]

Its a red turf at the very least, though I'm hopeless to go further than that for genus, or species for that matter. I would treat it as an invasive algae, and manage it aggressively before it gets out of control.

Here is a thread that has several links to managing cotton candy algae, Asparagopsis, and similar red turfs.

>Sarah