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just saw this in my rocks... What is it??
That string crap lol
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Looks a bit like chondria to me . Check this link


Chondria

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These and related species look like translucent red plants with cylindrical and irregular branching. They may stick to the rocks like Chondria repens, or they can brachout like the bushierChondria minutula. The important thing in identification is look how the "branches" have smaller branchlets, usually ending in a pit.

Manual Removal - Fairly easy. While macros that have fragile runners and creep along the rock are the hardest to manually remove, this macro tends to peel better than most. Get the holdfast and attempt to peel it off the infected surface, if you miss any go back and polish it off with the tweezers or a dental pick.

Clean Up Crew - Just manually remove. If it is a too much of it, then emerald crabs, larger hermits, urchins, sea hares, turbos and other cleaning crew members with significant cutting power.
 
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So it isn't anything that is harmful and crap right ?? i got some zebra crabs in there maybe they will remove em
 

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I am going with the remains of Hydroids.

Like so. Not my image

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If the rock was dry you're probably safe. Was it dry? If not take some under water epoxy and cover the area for a couple weeks.
 

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If the rock was dry then they should be completely dead. I imagine they are brittle. You should be able to scrape them off easily to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
 

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