Whats this?

[SalahiAndSon]

What is this?
http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/whoami1.jpg

Plant? Algae? Animal?
It just poped out of my live rock and has been growing. I notice a couple
more sprouts nearby. Is this something i should remove?
I'm clueless...
G.

[Brian W]

Looks like Halymenia floresia
see this link for info and a comparison photo - pretty cool red macroalgae

B


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"SalahiAndSon" > wrote in message
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> What is this?
> http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/whoami1.jpg
>
> Plant? Algae? Animal?
> It just poped out of my live rock and has been growing. I notice a couple
> more sprouts nearby. Is this something i should remove?
> I'm clueless...
> G.
>
>
>
>

[Billy]

Codium? Gracilara? Not sure. Some of these macros are hard to ID,
I've discovered. Do you have any herbivorous fish? Keep an eye on
them and see if they eat it. If not, you may want to keep it cut back
or try to eradicate it. Looks pretty cool, though.

After rechecking, I'd say Gracilaria.

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"SalahiAndSon" > wrote in message
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| What is this?
| http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/whoami1.jpg
|
| Plant? Algae? Animal?
| It just poped out of my live rock and has been growing. I notice a
couple
| more sprouts nearby. Is this something i should remove?
| I'm clueless...
| G.
|
|
|
|

[Boomer]

Brian is correct :-)

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"Brian W" > wrote in message
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: Looks like Halymenia floresia
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: "SalahiAndSon" > wrote in message
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: > What is this?
: > http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/whoami1.jpg
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: > Plant? Algae? Animal?
: > It just poped out of my live rock and has been growing. I notice a couple
: > more sprouts nearby. Is this something i should remove?
: > I'm clueless...
: > G.
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