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Post by Matt in Lewiston on Jun 22, 2014 17:59:36 GMT -5
I looked at a piece of rock that I have had 2 baby ricordeas on forever, and there has been a breakout of something. It's cool looking, it's hard like a monti cap, sort of looks like monti cap. It's in the frag system where I haven't kept montis since the tank was rebuilt. Photo is under whites, no blues. I don't see this anywhere else in the tank.  |
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Post by spotfin on Jun 22, 2014 18:26:06 GMT -5
Looks like coralline algae.
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Post by Matt in Lewiston on Jun 22, 2014 18:32:25 GMT -5
I've never seen coralline start plating like that
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jun 22, 2014 18:33:14 GMT -5
There's a Slim chance its a type of macro algae but most likely it's just a type of coralline algae.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jun 23, 2014 5:27:39 GMT -5
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Post by gotareef on Jun 23, 2014 7:51:24 GMT -5
it is coraline some types even branch
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jun 23, 2014 8:11:22 GMT -5
Not that I know for 100% but I googled it and found branching coraline but couldn't find one picture of ribbon like coraline algae? There's 2 types of other algae I found that grow in this pattern and neither are coraline? Could you show a picture of coraline in this kind of growth? Lobophora and this one..... Padina pictured below. Attachments:
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Post by gotareef on Jun 23, 2014 8:39:02 GMT -5
search Plating Coralline
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Post by gotareef on Jun 23, 2014 8:42:26 GMT -5
Not that I know for 100% but I googled it and found branching coraline but couldn't find one picture of ribbon like coraline algae? There's 2 types of other algae I found that grow in this pattern and neither are coraline? Could you show a picture of coraline in this kind of growth? Lobophora and this one..... Padina pictured below. lol you need the whole latin name CORALLINACEAE Lithophyllum congestum (it is coraline) nice algae id page www.nevillecoleman.com.au/underwater-marine-life-journal/nature-in-focus/marine-algae-the-slime-of-your-life/ |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jun 23, 2014 8:47:50 GMT -5
The two pictured above have a striking resemblance. If it's coraline then that's fine with me. But all I'm saying is I read 2 articles this mourning that said you couldn't tell the difference without a microscope? so like I asked before how are you positive from just a picture?
One of the biggest problems people have with nuisance algae is misidentification. I never said it wasn't coraline I just asked how you were positive? I know I'm a pain in the ass.
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Post by gotareef on Jun 23, 2014 9:01:00 GMT -5
if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck......  |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jun 23, 2014 9:52:52 GMT -5
What do you think this is?... I thought it was zoa's when I saw it at first glance. Attachments:
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Post by gotareef on Jun 23, 2014 15:17:22 GMT -5
its brown algae under a microscope , I read the article lol |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jun 23, 2014 16:20:29 GMT -5
I know I meant at first glance. Lol I figured you read it. Most people wouldn't read it though. |
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Post by gotareef on Jun 23, 2014 17:07:38 GMT -5
you can bring samples to nesa and look under the microscope even get digital pics....
you would be amazed at how much life is on one piece of hair algae....
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