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hi all i brought some live rock yesterday the 28th. the rock is covered in some kind of green plant and i was wondering if anyone can tell me what it is and does it have any benefits or if its bad
any algae you add to the tank will absorb nutrients. hard to tell what this is though. the pictures are very grainy. rip off a little piece and put it on the table and take a picture that way. i'm thinking a type of caulerpa.
First one looks like it could be a species of Dictyota. Do u know where the rock came from, it could help with the ID. Better pictures will be more helpful.
still can't make it out. see if you can pick it out of a lineup- trial page, algae ID
it does somewhat resemble dictoya cervicornis, except i thought that was more of a brownish color. \\
mx it look like this one possible Sargassum sp.. can you tell me anything about this if its due to a build up or bad stuff or if its good and whats does it to for an aquarium
thats what it is 'dictoya cervicornis' as thats the EXACT same stuff I have in my tank.
I've been trying to ID it for months now. Mine branches out horizontaly of one of my rocks.
It has a unique pattern and shape.
My sea urchin likes to pick it off the rock and use it as a hat
(My sea urchin loves to wear hats)
Can't really tell you.
All I can say is that I had it in my tank for about 2 months and it was growing rather quickly.
Nature took its course and my sea urchin ripped most of it off the rock. (He's still wearing it)
I would assume the biggest threat would be it growing to much to quickly.
I have two clowns, a dottyback, flame hawkfish, sun coral, a few mushrooms, snails, two hermits and a torch coral.
All seem to be happy with it being there.
Hope this helps I love it when I'm able to give back to this site.
Dictyota can grow like crazy. Its what's growing over the majority of the reefs here in S.Fl. I don't know if there's much that eats it. If u keep it cut back it should be ok, plus itll look cool in ur tank