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Snaz
08-25-2009, 12:12 AM
Sorry for the poor shot, this guy is tucked way in the back and hard to get a picture. He is about the size of a beer coaster.

It feels like leather and has been on the piece of rock forever but recently has started to grow quickly in this overlapping "elephant ears" pattern. Any thoughts on this guy? I'm thinking coralline growing off the LR.

http://snaz.com/marine/redleather.jpg
Myka
08-25-2009, 12:43 AM
If it's rubbery it's not coralline. I have no idea.
hillegom
08-25-2009, 01:34 AM
+1 coralline algae is brittle when it grows off the rock, or on it for that matter
noirsphynx
08-25-2009, 01:46 AM
I had some of this n my tank too but I pulled it all because it was covering corals.
Ron99
08-25-2009, 05:27 AM
Probably Lobophora. Hard to get rid of. Sometimes emerald crabs or small sally lightfoot crabs will eat it.
Snaz
08-25-2009, 02:25 PM
Probably Lobophora. Hard to get rid of. Sometimes emerald crabs or small sally lightfoot crabs will eat it.

Google concurs. Thanks for the ID Ron.