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Id..Good, bad or just ugly?

post #1 of 12
11/1/10 at 1:24pm
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You have to love moving aquariums...Well anyway while moving some of my live rock and corals into a "half way" tub I noticed some algae that I haven't noticed before. Some of it is creeping out from under my purple mushroom and I need to find out what it is, and if I should have concern that there is some on another rock. For a brief description it is slightly branchy and though. It can be pulled out but breaks easily.

Anyone want to take a stab at the identity of this stuff...thank you!

 

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post #2 of 12
12/24/10 at 5:31pm

The stuff with the purple tips? Or the green stuff?

 

Either way, I can't give you an ID, but if its the purple stuff I'd love to know.  It's beautiful!

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post #3 of 12
12/24/10 at 5:47pm



 

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Originally Posted by Fretfreak13 View Post

The stuff with the purple tips? Or the green stuff?

 

Either way, I can't give you an ID, but if its the purple stuff I'd love to know.  It's beautiful!

 

 

LOL...Fret...the purple is the mushroom...must be a type of rhodactis

 

I have to do some looking for the algae.....BUT I know where to look...LOL

 

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post #4 of 12
12/24/10 at 5:50pm

My first thought was chaeto......have not found anything else yet to make me change my mind...LOL....not 100% sure though

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post #5 of 12
12/24/10 at 7:38pm

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I don't think it's Chaeto..Does it feel like it's made of plastic?. I knew a fellow with a bunch of bubble algae and he had that stuff, he pulled it out and it felt like plastic. I have a small patch of it, it came on a coral and it has never overgrown anything. I don't think it's a bad thing. Bad algae spreads like fire.

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post #6 of 12
12/25/10 at 5:53am

I've had that stuff too.  I've casually ID'd it as Cladophoropsis sp. but I've never taken the time to confirm it.

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post #7 of 12
12/25/10 at 6:20am

Does it spread from a runner? If so I agree with bang. Gonna be hard to get rid of if you want to, takes manual removal with a pick of some kind to get the leftover pieces. 

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post #8 of 12
12/27/10 at 10:30am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretfreak13 View Post

The stuff with the purple tips? Or the green stuff?

 

Either way, I can't give you an ID, but if its the purple stuff I'd love to know.  It's beautiful!

 

 

LOL...Fret...the purple is the mushroom...must be a type of rhodactis

 

I have to do some looking for the algae.....BUT I know where to look...LOL

 


Well...that's embaressing. xD  I'd better get off this second of the forum ROTFF

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post #9 of 12
12/27/10 at 10:32am



 

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Well...that's embaressing. xD  I'd better get off this second of the forum ROTFF



 Don't you dare go anywhere missyrotfl.gif

 

You have a lot to offer here!!   Especially to the younger ones who don't think they can do itthumbsup.gif

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post #10 of 12
12/27/10 at 2:23pm

it looks kinda nice whatever it is...

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post #11 of 12
12/27/10 at 2:48pm

no clue on the alge but i was wondering where in montana are you? flathead lake area? billings?

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post #12 of 12
12/27/10 at 10:09pm
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Originally Posted by Fretfreak13 View Post




Well...that's embaressing. xD  I'd better get off this second of the forum ROTFF



 Don't you dare go anywhere missyrotfl.gif

 

You have a lot to offer here!!   Especially to the younger ones who don't think they can do itthumbsup.gif


 

No, I just meant the algae section xD lol

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