View Full Version : Need ID on the algae
letom
01-04-2007, 10:50 PM
Can someone id this algae? It's purple and has a brushy feeling to it.
You'll see the pic in my gallery , I can't seem to post the pic.
Thanks
letom
01-04-2007, 10:59 PM
Here's the pic.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/thumbs/mini-IMG_2313.JPG
letom
01-04-2007, 11:02 PM
Hopefully this one's larger
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/mini-IMG_2313.JPG
cprowler
01-05-2007, 12:16 AM
Are the branches "Y" shaped? I think it looks that way from the pic if so it's most likely Dictyota algae.
letom
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
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
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
01-06-2007, 12:56 AM
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
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/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm
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