Curious tag along

Stirfrekked · Mar 25, 2024

Hey gang, relatively new to the hobby and new to posting. I got a coral frag last year and found this little pink spec. After much carefull cultivation it is now almost 3 inches across and I assume a Marco of some.kind. Any help would.be appreciated

ISpeakForTheSeas · Mar 28, 2024

Stirfrekked said:
After much carefull cultivation it is now almost 3 inches across and I assume a Marco of some.kind.

Welcome to Reef2Reef and sorry for the slow response!

Yeah, that's definitely a red macroalgae of some variety - I'm not great with macros yet, so I can't tell which kind from the pic, but it looks like it's probably a good/decorative kind.

vaguelyreeflike · Mar 31, 2024

Welcome!
Looks possibly like a red Codium species?

If you are able to trim a small piece of it off, like a single strand of the algae, and take photos of that it would help with ID.

Stirfrekked · Apr 8, 2024

So I trimmed a bit off and here it is. Slick rubbery feel

Katrina71 · Apr 8, 2024

<head> <title>Macroalgae For Marine Reef Aquariums: Laurencia iridescens

Fungusamongus · Apr 8, 2024

Grows in a cool formation. Looks good!

vaguelyreeflike · Apr 9, 2024

okay maybe not Codium, super neat though!

ISpeakForTheSeas · Apr 9, 2024

Katrina71 said:
<head> <title>Macroalgae For Marine Reef Aquariums: Laurencia iridescens

A Laurencia species is a good guess - if it's not that, then I'd guess something from the order Gigartinales, but I've got a lot of reading up to do with red algae still.

Katrina71 · Apr 11, 2024

My snails eat all of the pretty red ones.

Stirfrekked · Apr 14, 2024

looks a bit like that Laurencia. it has a very dense structure that doesn't change shape or size. The structure almost looks like a terrestrial fungus you would find on a rotten log.