Help identifying these purple and orange things (algae, sponge..mushroom??)

[ferret]

I'm pretty sure that belongs to a type of red bubble algae.

[hillegom]

ferret, I think you are right on. Along with all you other folks, spitfire being the first
I found this on the net

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/23854...-algaekind-of/

[kien]

so, not alien then? Learn something new everyday !

[mohammadali]

buy couple Emerald Crab
if the bubble algae is on one piece of LR just take out that rock and clean the bubble algae of the rock

[BubblesUp]

Looked around and found Botryocladia skottsbergii to be a possible ID.

[hillegom]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php