Quick ID

[numlock]

Just wondering if anyone knows the name of this plant/algee? It has been growing in the tank for about a month to get to the point is at now.

 

[musicsmaker]

Are you sure that's not a coral? Like a fire coral?

 

[numlock]

im pretty sure that its not a coral, or i would be suprised if it is, it doesnt have any soft tissues on it, it apears to be rather hard, does not move in the current or anything, i have not tuched it because i dont want to break it, looks kind of brittle.

 

[musicsmaker]

Not all corals move in the water. It could be some kind of SPS coral. You should really try that over at the coral forum. That's where the experts (which I am not) hang out. Here is a pic of a larger fire coral.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Definitely a Coralline algae. Perhaps Amphiroa.

 

[numlock]

Definitely a Coralline algae. Perhaps Amphiroa.

it defentily looks like some type of Amphiroa, anyone know how large i can expect this clump to grow, right now its about a big around as a nickel or a little larger.