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Steeves

01-28-2009, 12:07 AM

Found this stuff growing on my rock. Its growing fast.. Anyone know what this is?

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/180sx_ca18det/IMGP0537.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/180sx_ca18det/IMGP0538.jpg

xtreme

01-28-2009, 12:12 AM

Its a macro algae. Looks like Halimeda sp.

mark

01-28-2009, 12:37 AM

The green macro is Halimeda (good but like's calcium), the orange I've got similiar but don't think mine is the Coralline Lethal Orange Disease (Canreef OD thread and link within here (http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42358))