Reddish Macro ID - Pics Included

[MiddletonMark]

Hi -

I'd love some help/direction trying to find what I can about the algae/plant that is pictured below.

Lost emerald crabs in this tank recently [red-bug treatment] so a number of macros springing up here and there.

Would love an ID on this, and any suggestions on getting it eaten in a 3' long 58g tank [sorry, no Tangs, etc].

Thank You!

 

[DensityMan]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=306253

Asked about this same stuff a while back... no ID help though (that I recall).

Hand-pruning seems to be the only course of action and it has to be cautious hand-pruning; this stuff is 'brittle' and the little piece just attach and grow where they land.

I have found that while it is absolutely GORGEOUS under high-actinic or PC-only lighting (turns bright purple) it is always invasive and irritates soft and hard corals alike.

Hopefully yours is still localized enough to contain or remove as you see fit.

 

[eoffrey]

id say a little piece of thornbush fell in ur system!!!!!


Only teasin!!!


That has a great looking texture to it.......

have u purchased it, or did it grow from some of ur LR?

 

[MiddletonMark]

Grew off LR, unless it is fragments of gracillaria that didn't do well in my 'fuge.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Grew off LR, unless it is fragments of gracillaria that didn't do well in my 'fuge.

Then again, maybe that wasn't gracillaria ... just `given as' that.

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

That resembles my "dish scrubby" red algae, which I also do not have a positive ID on. It can be a dominating PITA so keep an eye on it. Mine really loves high flow.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Mine too

Yeah, figured out that my skimmer injector was partly clogged ... now it's booming again. Figure a restock of Emeralds will help it out.

Any other ideas? Have a few larger macro-like stuff springing up ... that aggressive skimming and export should help knock back - but ...