Purple slime? Cyno?

[mikebusc]

This purple slime showed up maybe a couple of days ago. Cyno? You’ll see in the other pic I took with my magnifier. There were some funny hair like things coming out of it. Any ideas?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Not sure what the purple substance is, but the "hairs" look like hydroids... I'd remove asap.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I expect the purple is Cyanobacteria.

 

[mikebusc]

Yes it looks like it will be simple to pick up the whole piece. I just wasn’t sure what I was looking at.