Strange coral? ID please

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This was a hitchhicker on some live rock I added to my tank. At first I thought it was some form of algea, as it looked like a tiny peice of bright orange leafy thing. It has grow into this, and flows like soft coral....Anyone know what this is?

 

[Tahoe61]

It's a macro algae most likely not an LPS. An LPS will display a skeletal structure at some point, either at night or during water changes, no skeletal structure and it's not a stony coral.

Could be Neomeris.

 

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Could it be a soft coral? The reason I'm asking is because it's "leaves" are now puffy.

 

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Are there different types of Neomeris? I Googled it, and what I have doesn't look anything like that. It's not stringy like spagetti, it has a more puffy cloud like shape. Idon't knw if I should let this grow, or get rid of it. I don't want something that will take the tank over, or harm my corals.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Tahoe61]

So sorry was not paying adequate attention, nope it's definitely no Neomeris that is for sure.

Perhaps a type of Halymenia, I doubt it's a soft coral.

 

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So sorry was not paying adequate attention, nope it's definitely no Neomeris that is for sure.

Perhaps a type of Halymenia, I doubt it's a soft coral.

You are correct. It is a Macro algea. I found a pic when googling. I'm pretty sure I found it. It looks just like Nemastoma.
Thanks again for your help.......I think I will hang on to it.:)

 

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Here's a link if you want to see it...
http://www.3reef.com/threads/common-ids.43555/