Macro ID
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Sorry, just noticed there is help us help you thread...
Here are some more details.
* A clear, crisp photograph
- will try to get better, phone is best cam I have.
* A description of the texture of your algae (is it brittle? soft? fleshy? does it break easily?)
- It appears soft, will grab one when I get home to confirm.
* A good reference for the size of the algae (try for something in the photograph that shows the scale)
- the largest one so far (the one with the fork at the top) is about 0.5" so far, but growing.
* The location of your live rock or collection spot (Caribbean, South Pacific, Pacific, etc.)
- Rock was all dead (acid bath then cured in rodi for a month. Tank is 3 months old. The spores must have come in on a frag or snail.
* A description of the growth habit of your alga (growing on rock, on/in the sand, in the water column, etc.)
- On the rock, mostly in high light area in top half of tank (ATI T5HO)
Additional info
Sorry, just noticed there is help us help you thread...
Here are some more details.
* A clear, crisp photograph
- will try to get better, phone is best cam I have.
* A description of the texture of your algae (is it brittle? soft? fleshy? does it break easily?)
- It appears soft, will grab one when I get home to confirm.
* A good reference for the size of the algae (try for something in the photograph that shows the scale)
- the largest one so far (the one with the fork at the top) is about 0.5" so far, but growing.
* The location of your live rock or collection spot (Caribbean, South Pacific, Pacific, etc.)
- Rock was all dead (acid bath then cured in rodi for a month. Tank is 3 months old. The spores must have come in on a frag or snail.
* A description of the growth habit of your alga (growing on rock, on/in the sand, in the water column, etc.)
- On the rock, mostly in high light area in top half of tank (ATI T5HO)
Looks like gracilaria hayi maybe. Mine did the same thing. Keep it. It's beautiful!
FinzAquatics
New member
Not 100% sure if I see g.hayi there.... Thinking more on the lines of graciliaria mammaris
Might need to grow it out a tad more to get a more accurate ID
Might need to grow it out a tad more to get a more accurate ID
BlueCat1949
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This is hard to ID because of the size of the macro. Does the stem look round and hollow? it could be a Botryocladia but you will need to get a shot when they get bigger to be sure.
