Jesshika AC Members Nov 10, 2007 287 0 0 38 Los Angeles, California www.myspace.com Oct 26, 2008 #1 I've had this red plant thing growing on my live rock and I just wanted to know what it actually was. Anybody know?
I've had this red plant thing growing on my live rock and I just wanted to know what it actually was. Anybody know?
Amphiprion Contain the Excitement... Feb 14, 2007 5,776 0 0 Mobile, Alabama Real Name Andrew Oct 26, 2008 #2 It's definitely a macroalgae of sorts. Maybe a Halymenia species? The bulbous ones on the bottom look like Botryocladia.
It's definitely a macroalgae of sorts. Maybe a Halymenia species? The bulbous ones on the bottom look like Botryocladia.
archer772 AC Members Apr 20, 2006 1,268 0 0 66 Caro Michigan Oct 26, 2008 #3 How about this Gracilaria curtissae.
Amphiprion Contain the Excitement... Feb 14, 2007 5,776 0 0 Mobile, Alabama Real Name Andrew Oct 26, 2008 #4 Hmm, looks more accurate than my initial guess. Could be either without being able to examine it up close (really close)
Hmm, looks more accurate than my initial guess. Could be either without being able to examine it up close (really close)
archer772 AC Members Apr 20, 2006 1,268 0 0 66 Caro Michigan Oct 26, 2008 #5 This one looks close to I think Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Amphiprion Contain the Excitement... Feb 14, 2007 5,776 0 0 Mobile, Alabama Real Name Andrew Oct 26, 2008 #6 That's part of the problem I was talking about. Unless you look at most of these things very, very carefully and even under a dissecting microscope, they are extremely difficult to differentiate. I don't see how phycologists do it.
That's part of the problem I was talking about. Unless you look at most of these things very, very carefully and even under a dissecting microscope, they are extremely difficult to differentiate. I don't see how phycologists do it.