ID Please

[ydc1615]

Can anybody help me ID this stuff growing on my LR

 

[ydc1615]

Has anybody seen this stuff before? it has been growing on a couple of pieces of my live rock for about 2 months. I dont know if I should remove it or what?

 

[clown123]

were do u shop on long island? ive never seen that on lr try to post it in the reef tanks threead!

 

[blkhawk10]

that looks like barnacles.

 

[ydc1615]

I shop at Aqua-Hut in Coram, Country Critters in Patchogue, and Pet Warehouse in Copaique
The growths arent hard like barnacles

 

[techrider6]

It might be brown wafer algea.I had the same thing what kind of rock is it on?
Techrider62

 

[ydc1615]

it is fiji live rock

 

[techrider6]

I did some research on the web and wafer algea was all i could come up with for a id on it.
techrider62

 

[ydc1615]

I looked up brown wafer algae, and it might just be that.
I wonder if I should leave it alone, it does look interesting.
Thanks

 

[ophiura]

Perhaps something like Padina:
http://www.barwonbluff.com.au/bluff%...ges/padina.htm
If it is not overgrowing anything, I would probably just leave it alone

 

[thomas712]

I was thinking either a of a couple of forms... Lobophora sp. or Peyssonnelia sp.

 

[techrider6]

It will spread i had one spot and took over the whole rock i had to remove rock and scrap it off.
Techrider62

 

[ydc1615]

Thanks everybody for your help, I'll keep a close eye on it, and if it takes over i guess i will have to scrape it off. It doesent seem like any of my fish or inverts are going to eat it.