The Miracle Tank

[User1]

Got this for free at the LFS. What is it?

If it is a coral I would guess a strain of birds nest. I have a green one that has tiny branches.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

hard or soft looks like branching coralline??

Somewhat hard in texture but can bend makes almost a snapping sound when I bent one to far to where it broke

 

[Thespammailaccount]

hard or soft looks like branching coralline??

That is what I thought. I thought it was thin branching coralline algae. When I asked they said it was ogo macro then said I could just have it but it looks different then what I saw online

 

[fishguy242]

this is one for @vetteguy53081 ???

 

[Thespammailaccount]

It does not have these thick modules on it though

 

[vetteguy53081]

Very nice stony !! it is actually Seriatopora hystrix which is a type of colonial stony coral of the grouping- pocciloporidae . This forms a branching clump and is commonly known as thin birdsnest coral, but not necessarily a birdnest.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

This is the algae on it. Click on the picture to enlarge

 

[Thespammailaccount]

On closer inspection it looks like it has joins. Click on the picture to enlarge

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Where do I put it? The reef tank with mixed light or the macro tank with the 6500k white light????

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I don’t think it is a Seriatopora hystrix there are no polyps on it completely smooth

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is the algae on it. Click on the picture to enlarge

Looks that way and if its a dead spot, you can take tweezers as this stuff is fragile and snap off the dead area

 

[TriggerFinger]

I vote coraline https://www.live-plants.com/corallinefine.htm

 

[fishguy242]

wish we had a "i dunno" emoji :p

 

[sfin52]

70 plus hour week im beat. Im too old for this

 

[Thespammailaccount]

wish we had a "i dunno" emoji :p

Lol a part of me wants it to be coralline algae I would hate to think that a LFS that I frequent and have done a lot of business with would knowingly give me a ‘dead and burnt crisp aka Cajun style’ piece of ogo algae as my first freebie :|

 

[Thespammailaccount]

70 plus hour week im beat. Im too old for this

Lol suck it up buttercup you can complain when you hit a 104+ hour workweek. Lol but then again that was many moons ago

 

[fishguy242]

only 11 moons for me,i want that back ;)

 

[Thespammailaccount]

only 11 moons for me,i want that back ;)

I would like the moons back but not the 104+ hour work week that is two steps short of crazy

 

[Fin]

Good morning.

 

[Katrina71]

My hair is a birdsnest today.