ID request - purple, thin lettuce/cabbage looking plant

[4FordFamily]

purple and leafy like cabbage or lettuce. My 180 tang tank is running fallow now and since the fish absence it has steadily grown. In that time, (over 2 months now) it's the size of a child's first. Kind of cool.

Here is the video
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Any ideas?

 

[Rob.D]

Plating coraline algae?

 

[4FordFamily]

It's darker than that but looks similar I suppose, larger "leaf". It sways in the current though

 

[4FordFamily]

Pics posted

 

[4FordFamily]

Nobody? This can't be that rare!

 

[evolved]

I'm thinking sponge; can you get a better picture?

 

[4FordFamily]

I'm thinking sponge; can you get a better picture?

I will try a few more - it's deep in the tank where good photos are very tough.

It's definitely a plant, very leafy and feels like a macro algae

 

[FinzAquatics]

More pictures would help.

Is it truly purple, or is it red that looks purple under your lighting.

To me it looks like "Rose Petal" that is a red macro algae. Grows sheet like, sometimes it looks kind of spotted.

http://www.lareefs.com/index.php?ma...id=721&zenid=34daa36db4eb0b5ec33e42aaefd710e2

Take a look at that link and let us know what you think

 

[4FordFamily]

More pictures would help.

Is it truly purple, or is it red that looks purple under your lighting.

To me it looks like "Rose Petal" that is a red macro algae. Grows sheet like, sometimes it looks kind of spotted.

http://www.lareefs.com/index.php?ma...id=721&zenid=34daa36db4eb0b5ec33e42aaefd710e2

Take a look at that link and let us know what you think

It truly looks purple. It has areas that are more bleached purple, too.

Sorry photos are so bad will try to take photo with a digital camera and not my iPhone

 

[4FordFamily]

I added a video above but also here. Switch to 720p HD

 

[afamousjohnson]

I'll look thru my threads. Had something similar that did get ID in 1 of them. See if I cant find it.

 

[4FordFamily]

I'll look thru my threads. Had something similar that did get ID in 1 of them. See if I cant find it.

Thanks!