could it be that you found a new species?

are you going to call it "the Bev" ?

:mrgreen:
(sorry this post does not add any value to this thread)

Vic,

Dr. Ron won't be back until Saturday, so I can't post it on his forum until then. He might be one of the better folks to post it to. Then, I was thinking of Eric Borneman, but he's been getting threats and bad cr*p happening on his forum, so he's not available until whatever's going on there is cleared up :neutral:

What magazines were you thinking of? I don't have any pics (can't take a good pic for the life of me), but I can send one or both videos. If you have addresses of magazines, I'd appreciate having them. Thanks :)

Angela,

You make me smile :)

Bev, you could try Calfos forum on the Marine Depot website as well. Sometimes he's pretty handy with the ID's. I swear I've seen that algae before somewhere, I wonder if its in one of his books.:confused:

On second though maybe a forum is better (you will get faster results).

If you must try a magazine..........

Try Charles Delbeek at Aquarium Fish Magazine:
http://www.aquariumfish.com/aquarium...quest_form.asp

choose reef aquarist.

if it catches his fancy..... he may answer quickly.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

Arrrggghhh!! My computer's been messing up :twised:

Christy,

Just posted the videos and a whole bunch of info to Calfo's forum. Hope he can "Name That Blob" :)

Vic,

Have just made my querie to Aquarium Fish Magazine. Thanks for the link :)

Someone on RC suggested a broader search for the genus Predaea.

After MORE Googling, found this pic looks quite a bit like my blob, complete with bubbles inside. Pic is from.....

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atoll...t/ukalgesp.htm

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atoll...es/predlac.jpg

ID would be Predaea laciniosa if the above image and what I have are the same.

What do y'all think? Could this be the correct ID?

Well, my first guess would have been Padabaleaaeyayyae-i-e-i-o labeedoobydoobydoo but I suppose Predaea laciniosa seems plausible enough as well.

must... stop... laughing...

hey, try saying that even once...



But yeah, so what Bev has is a funky red alga that occupies outer reef slopes? cool.

Tried saying it THREE times, and still can't get it right :lol: :razz: :wink:

Also IDed another red macroalgae, Gracilaria abbottiana, in my reef from that page....

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atoll...es/graciab.jpg

And some coralline, Mastophora pacifica, too....

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atoll...es/mastpac.jpg

Still have one more MA that needs ID. It looks like Amansia rhodantha, but not quite....

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atoll...es/mamengl.jpg

That is a cool page for macroaglae ID :biggrin:

Gads! I'm on a macroalgae roll :biggrin:

Used to have lots of Codium edule until the tank change, from.....

http://uhs2-204-1.crdg.hawaii.edu/hw...=new.htm&-view

http://www.hawaii.edu/environment/ma...odium%20edulef

Have some Peyssonnelia sp. ....

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/i...p?picid=915078

And from here....

http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng...nnellia/sp.htm

We have a rock encrusted with this Peyssonnelia sp. ....

http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/images/980.jpg


Now, back to the blob. Quote from Anthony Calfo...

Anybody have this book for reference?

Here's a pic of a Nemastoma sp. from here....

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g...Nemastoma2.htm

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g...Nemastoma2.jpg

But other photos from algaebase.org do not look anything like our blob. Very confusing :neutral: