I don't recall Red Ogo having such a firm (it feels kinda hard!?) texture, but this stuff is blooming in my sump, and it floats up to the top. Is this good stuff? (That's Chaeto, trying to hang on in the foreground)
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White light pic? That would help a lot. Plus a pic of the macro close up.I don't recall Red Ogo having such a firm (it feels kinda hard!?) texture, but this stuff is blooming in my sump, and it floats up to the top. Is this good stuff? (That's Chaeto, trying to hang on in the foreground)
Personally, it doesn’t seem like Red ogo (your red macroalgae has too many nub-like branchlets), though I agree with @Eagle_Steve that we need white light (ex. with a flashlight) and close up pictures for better identification.I don't recall Red Ogo having such a firm (it feels kinda hard!?) texture, but this stuff is blooming in my sump, and it floats up to the top. Is this good stuff? (That's Chaeto, trying to hang on in the foreground)
It does look like Bryothamnion triquetrum or similar.I'm thinking maybe Red Razor?
The nubs seem too spaced out for the algae to be Red razor (Bryothamnion). Personally, though, it greatly resembles Spiny algae (Acanthophora spicifera), an incredibly rare algae in the states and can potentially become invasive in our systems, though it may feature desirable colors based on lighting.I'm thinking maybe Red Razor?
Now that I am back on my pc and not my phone, I think you nailed it. That guy is a beast to remove if it gets a foothold in the rocks. There are also red variants out there of it. Almost nothing eats it. Edit: nothing we usually keep in our glass boxes.The nubs seem too spaced out for the algae to be Red razor (Bryothamnion). Personally, though, it greatly resembles Spiny algae (Acanthophora spicifera), an incredibly rare algae in the states and can potentially become invasive in our systems.
https://www.marineplantbook.com/marinebookspicifera.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/2021101...cies/marine-macroalgae-acanthophora-spicifera
Can you take piece out, set it under the room lighting and take a pic with it on a paper towel or other white item?That makes it seem like I should pull it from my sump... have no clue where it came from. :/
Hmm... I have actually wanted to keep this in my macroalgae display for a while; would it make more sense to keep it around in this setting (as opposed to a reef environment)?Now that I am back on my pc and not my phone, I think you nailed it. That guy is a beast to remove if it gets a foothold in the rocks. There are also red variants out there of it. Almost nothing eats it. Edit: nothing we usually keep in our glass boxes.
I would say it would be fine in a macro only tank. All the other macros you have are direct competition for it, so will help control it.Hmm... I have actually wanted to keep this in my macroalgae display for a while; would it make more sense to keep it around in this setting (as opposed to a reef environment)?
I think @WheatToast nailed it. It may not be the exact species of Acanthophora listed, but I am almost 100% sure it is Acanthophora of some type.Here's a close up, with something for scale (my kids ate all the bananas)
I think I'm going to just rip this out and get as much off my Chaeto as possible. I'm not in the mood for an invasive species and frankly, my nitrates are pegged at zero, so this may help that anyway.
Excellent point. DM Sent. I do have a shipping box from some fish I just received so that might do just fine!I think @WheatToast nailed it. It may not be the exact species of Acanthophora listed, but I am almost 100% sure it is Acanthophora of some type.
Before you trash it, hit up @WheatToast via PM. He might pay shipping for a piece to be sent to him for his macro tank.
On a side note, Acanthophora is found in the gulf of mexico and all down the atlantic coast of florida. there are few types I have seen while diving on both sides of FL. A. spicifera being one of those. So if your rock or anything purchased was from any of those areas, it could have come as a hitchhiker. It could have even been attached to the cheato when you got it. Who know lol.
I do know that Atlantic blue tangs (smaller and still yellow) munch on it, as do large parrotfish and sea turtles.
For the invasive part, the issue is the root structure. Easy to trim, but the roots dig deep in rocks. This is why it can take over a tank. You can pull and pull, but would have to dig deep in the rocks to get the roots and runners of the roots.