What the heck is this??!!

[ferret]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yeah, weird to say, but it is probably the purdiest live thing in my tank right now. Any red algae that I have ever seen is a dull orange/red. But this one is a deep bright red.

Maybe I could give it a designer algae name... LOL.

The algae will change to a dull orange/red color when you fail to maintain the existing combination of trace element in your water column. A lot of red algae species like Halymenia sp. ( commonly known as flame algae ) has bright orange/red color too.