Neon Type of Algae?

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Hello everyone.
So today i came home and did some weekly maintenance in my aquarium. I found something that i have never seen before. I saw the small neon stains on my rock. At first i thought my torches were falling apart but when i went to blow it out with my turkey baster it was attached to the rock. So i tried to scrubb it off with the turkey baster and blow it off at the same time but it doesnt come off. I tried to get some really sharp pics but couldn't. It almost looks like shredded carrots glued onto my rock. Anyone seen this before?

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Hello everyone.
So today i came home and did some weekly maintenance in my aquarium. I found something that i have never seen before. I saw the small neon stains on my rock. At first i thought my torches were falling apart but when i went to blow it out with my turkey baster it was attached to the rock. So i tried to scrubb it off with the turkey baster and blow it off at the same time but it doesnt come off. I tried to get some really sharp pics but couldn't. It almost looks like shredded carrots glued onto my rock. Anyone seen this before?

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Please post a picture of the alga under white light.
 

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Funny color and shape for alga. Are you sure it is a plant?
 

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I'd guess it's a either a weird color/variety of coralline algae or dying coralline, which I think tends to turn odd colors.
 
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I'd guess it's a either a weird color/variety of coralline algae or dying coralline, which I think tends to turn odd colors.
I do have coralline but its seems to be growing fine but not sure maybe it is dying?
 

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