Need ID on the algae

letom · #1 01-05-2007, 04:17 PM

Yes they have a Y shape tip could be a Dictyota algae sp. but there are many kinds.Maybe someone will ID precisely but it's a good start.For now it doesn't seem to be a problem algae it's actually pleasing to look at.

Thanks

christyf5 · #2 01-05-2007, 07:09 PM

It looks like a branching type of coralline algae to me. Dictyota is brown, flat leaved and quite wide (if that makes sense). The stuff you have looks pink/purple and thinly branched as well as brittle. I don't have my Reef Invertebrates book with me, but there is a pic in there of it with the name I believe.

untamed · #3 01-05-2007, 09:29 PM

Yes, looks like a branching coraline to me. I would love to have some of that in my tank. Tom R had some in his tank. Maybe he knows more about it.

letom · #4 01-06-2007, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by untamed

Yes, looks like a branching coraline to me. I would love to have some of that in my tank. Tom R had some in his tank. Maybe he knows more about it.

Can you email Tom R so that he can have a lookk at this?

letom · #5 01-06-2007, 03:32 AM

I have an idea what it is , it's either Amphiroa cryptarthrodia or Jania rubens.
It's hard to say.

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g.../algaepage.htm