Algae id please

anth · Nov 26, 2020

Hi everyone
I just had a delivery of Indonesian Sulawesi live rock and just trying to identify a few of the organisms that come with it. One of which is an algae, there is not very much of it but want to id it just incase its a headache algae. Here are some pics, any help would be great. Bare in mind that it os attached to a small fragment of rock.

Doctorgori · Nov 26, 2020

Can’t help with the algae ID but I’m more interested in how you cop’d some nice rock like that,

BTW it sorta looks like red grape thats lost the grapes
is it red or green? can you get a closer pic of one of the “leaflets”

anth · Nov 26, 2020

Doctorgori said:
Can’t help with the algae ID but I’m more interested in how you cop’d some nice rock like that,

BTW it sorta looks like red grape thats lost the grapes
is it red or green? can you get a closer pic of one of the “leaflets”

I ordered 3kg from whitecorals in germany (im in uk). I started my tank a year ago all dry and bottled bacteria so just wanted a little diversity. My goal at the moment is to boost the micro organisms and desirable algae's in my tank so only needed enough for my refugium. Still cost me £70 plus £25 postage but it’s something i have been wanting to do for a while.
Here are some more pics.

Doctorgori · Nov 26, 2020

almost looks like C.Prolifera but not exactly. The holdfast is pretty thick.
Its not califerous (spelling) obviously so might end up being tank food.
And yeah, that rock should add all manner of needed bugs & pods

anth · Nov 26, 2020

Doctorgori said:
almost looks like C.Prolifera but not exactly. The holdfast is pretty thick.
Its not califerous (spelling) obviously so might end up being tank food.
And yeah, that rock should add all manner of needed bugs & pods

Yer hopefully.
If it grows some new leaves or grapes i might post a few more pics as it might be easier to id.
Thanks for the help!
Anth