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Corvette Reefer
05-01-2010, 11:02 AM
what type of algae is this? iv never seen it before, it feels like squashy Jello, like what those Jello squeeze balls r made of.

jimsflies
05-01-2010, 05:18 PM
Does it grow in smallish bubbles?

kozyreef
05-01-2010, 08:26 PM
i have seen this stuff in my buddies tank i thought it was a red hair alage

MizTanks
05-01-2010, 09:49 PM
Botryocladia skottsbergii


http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/algaemarineplantcare/ig/Red-Algae-Photos-Gallery/Botryocladia-skottsbergii.htm

Corvette Reefer
05-02-2010, 03:13 PM
Its not bubble or hair algea and not that Botryocladia skottsbergii, its just weird

Corvette Reefer
05-03-2010, 04:56 PM
any other ideas peoples???

Sir Patrick
05-03-2010, 06:10 PM
Its cyno- not algea, a bacteria.

The spongy jellow feeling is the air pockets inside of it. Odd growth pattern on that bit, huh?

Lovrdwngs
05-09-2010, 05:59 AM
+1 on Cyanobacteria. I've had it in my tanks several times before, and it always seems to come back a little different than before.