what are these things growing on my live rock!

[torrid_07]

OK! so ive got this little red branch like thing growing off one rock. it kind of looks like a little tree and its a dark red.

and the other thing thats growing, it kind of looks like a wee mini little clam
its very small and opens and closes.

anyone know what these things could be?

id take pictures but my camera kinda sucks so, no can do!

[pterfloth]

The little red tree sounds like some macroalgae. I had some in my softies tank a few years ago. It grew very quickly and was quite pretty. If that's what it is it should pose no problems. Enjoy it!

[tlo]

#1 sounds like a kind of macro algae
- http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g.../algaepage.htm

#2 might very well be a clam - usually the really small ones like that dont survive.

[Keri]

red branchy stuff could either be forminiferans (harmless, usually stay pretty small) or some time of macroalgae....as for the little clam, well, it could be some type of little bivalve but w/out pics it's hard to tell (sorry)

[Myka]

I was thinking foraminiferans as well for the "red tree like" things.

[Keri]

It's stupid how hard it is to find a good pic of them on the web, I know I took one....it's somewhere... but I have like 7,000 pics so I dunno if I'll find it! I actually remember thinking "really gotta label this one properly" when I saved it....but of course I didn't

[Myka]

LOL!!! I would actually like to start my own database as I find most databases are missing lots of stuff, and I forget names sometimes, and have to go hunting.

[Snaz]

id.canreef.com A simple MySQL DB would suffice. The only issue would be the traffic generated by all those purty pictures. It would get expensive if the site became popular.

[Myka]

I need to learn how to make websites.