red coraline algae, or something else?

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Cheech

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I've been researching, and it looks like this red stuff is a type of coraline algae. However, I'm a little paranoid because I had a very hard time dealing with Red Turf algae on my old setup.

This stuff is hard, stuck on the rocks, and is slowly spreading. It isn't velvety in texture per se, but maybe it's a little too early to tell.

Have any of you seen this type of algae, and do you believe it is red coraline?

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Ace25

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Seen it many times.. not coraline... but not cyano either.. honestly not sure what it is myself but never seen it cause any real issues. Hopefully someone else can shed better light on the topic than me.
 

Cerianthus

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As long as they dont peel easily off the rocks as does Cyano, perhaps Peyssonnelia sp.??
Not sure if same Sp. as yours but Mine were attached to rocks/glass and eventually some grew off the rocks/glass looking somewhat like clam shells or even appearance of Montipora Sp but were not hard as corals if memory serves but looked great in my reefs.

I dont recall any drawbacks from my encrusting algae other than looking so natural part of reefs.

Try http://www.wetwebmedia.com/redalgae.htm for possible ID.
 
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