Anybody know what this is?

[stunkenwagon]

This started as a little red polyp and in 3 weeks has grown into 2cm x 2cm puffy balloon type of thing. It's red and see through with fluorescent pink on edges. Sorry for bad pictures

 

[Reefing Madness]

Might be Halymenia Floridana

 

[stunkenwagon]

Thanks I will look that up

 

[Tahoe61]

Look up Nemastoma too.

 

[TrialandError]

Some type of branching coraline algae?

 

[Reefing Madness]

Look up Nemastoma too.

Do they cross some kind of species line? Some are pretty close to each other. ??

 

[stunkenwagon]

I think we have a winner! Finding it hard to get solid information on what type but does appear to be a Nemastoma thanks guys

 

[1mbrews8]

Beginning of dragon's breath algae?

Coral's sensei!

 

[Tahoe61]

Do they cross some kind of species line? Some are pretty close to each other. ??

Once I start looking at red algae, they all start to look the same to me. The OP's looks a lot like Dragons Breath or Flame Algae as well, but it was the blunt bright edges vs the tapering edges of Dragons breath that made me think Nemastoma. TMI I know, sorry. :blah:

 

[stunkenwagon]

I think it is dragons breath! I have another clump of what I think is the same but it hasn't puffed up like this one only time will tell! At least it doesn't seem to be bad in anyway. Here's a pic of my 3ft cube

 

[Tahoe61]

Oh, that is very very nice.

 

[stunkenwagon]

Cheers I will have to get a camera instead of using my phone as pictures just don't do it justice! Think there is a art in taking pictures of tanks! My tank looks amazing under blue light but in pictures it just looks like a blue mess

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[stunkenwagon]

Update pictures of the mystery Algae. "Dragons Breath" it seems and I can see why ! Picture doesn't do it justice and tripled in size since last picture