Need ID on little red trees

ClaudineD · Mar 5, 2017

I'm relatively new to reef keeping and have had my 75gal for about 3 months. I added 2 clowns and a prawn goby as well as a hammer coral over several weeks and they are all doing fine. Water is doing great too. I've noticed these little trees growing from the live rock and have no idea what they are. I can't seem to find any info on these. Does anyone know what they are and if they are good or bad?

ahiggins · Mar 5, 2017

Looks like red bryopsis

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 5, 2017

ahiggins said:
Looks like red bryopsis

It does. But there appears to be no red bryopsis I can find.

Can you get a better Pic of the individual shoots?

ClaudineD · Mar 5, 2017

ahiggins said:
Looks like red bryopsis

Thank you, I was wondering if it was a form of hair algea too but just can't find good info on it.

ClaudineD · Mar 5, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
It does. But there appears to be no red bryopsis I can find.

Can you get a better Pic of the individual shoots?

This is a close up. I've tried an image search on google to no avail.

ReeferMaddness843 · Mar 5, 2017

Polysiphonia
That look right?

ahiggins · Mar 5, 2017

It may be hair algae...it's not uniform. But it looks like a red bryopsis lol I've never seen it red though.
There's still hope!

Flippers4pups · Mar 5, 2017

Macro algae. Red algae.

"Rhodophyta also contains one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing."

Taken from wiki.

Flippers4pups · Mar 5, 2017

It's not a threat, but may not live long in your tank. Spores were on/in your live rock or came in on something you added.

Very cool.

ClaudineD · Mar 5, 2017

Flippers4pups said:
Macro algae. Red algae.

"Rhodophyta also contains one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing."

Taken from wiki.

Could it be Gracilaria? I had some in me refugium but I only added a small steam and it disappeared relatively quick.