red algae of unknown type.

[dga]

i have been unable to identify this growing in my aqua. have searched several sites for pics equal to this with no luck. this started growing on a piece of rock several months after it was purchased from LFS with mushroms allready on it. it is soft and looks a bit like stalks of cabbage.

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[Anthony Calfo]

in the spirit of teaching a man to fish (see my sig ...

I want you to learn not only the answer you seek here... but so much more. Skills to be able to help yourself and find discovery on many more interesting things along the way (in your journeys/endeavors... searches for information)

To that end... let me ask you to go to Google.com and tag the link that says "images" above the search field.

Then type in "red algae" for starters. Then browse the images to compare to yours... and perhaps take some genera names over to algaebase.org which is the definitive database for plants and algae.

These are very useful tools. Indeed, search tools on this site, Google, etc are treasures of info when you take the time to navigate them.

I see your algae genera early on the google image hits. Do tell us what you find and follow up with more questions if needed.

For even more info on plants and algae... seek any reference by the Littlers on seachallengers.com or Amazon. They have a small, cheap, old but fabulously informative issue on Caribbean/Atlantic species if yoru rock source was FL aquaculture (FWIW). The Littlers have Pacific species guides as well.

Bets of luck/life.

 

[Samala]

In the further spirit of suggesting resources.. you may also try http://www.algaebase.org and go under their "Images" section. However, drawback here is that you often need to have an idea of what you have (like what genus) in order to move on from there.

Littler & Littler references are worth their weight in gold IMO. I love my copies.

In the spirit of sharing resources/knowledge, for your little algae.. might I suggest Halymenia sp. Might be a match. The growth habit exhibited with your algae actually looks like something is munching on the ends of the fronds by the way. Very irregular branching.

Edit: Whoops, just saw Anthony already mentioned the AlgaeBase guys.

>Sarah

 

[undertaker]

red algae

red algae

Halymenia durvillae is a seaweed of the division of red algae (Rhodophyta) and is found in Malaysian waters.

 

[ridinfast03]

I think I have seen that commonly called burning bush red algae