ID for algae/growth on rocks?

LivinTheSwreefLife · Aug 20, 2013

Hi, I was hoping someone could ID this for me (sorry for the blurry pic, it was the best I could get)... it's BRIGHT, almost neon red and grows in a scale-y pattern like shingles on a roof or how fungi will sometimes grow on a tree. It's definitely not cyano or a mushroom. Very hardy as my giant RBTA lives next to it and brushes against it constantly, yet it still grows (albeit slowly).

Any ideas?Thanks!

Reefing Madness · Aug 20, 2013

Possibly Red Plate Coralline or Red Cup Coralline.

LivinTheSwreefLife · Aug 21, 2013

Thank you! I didnt even know it existed in plate form!

rajkovich207 · Aug 21, 2013

Actually I would guess flames tongue algae by the orange looking tips, or red bubble algae. I had some the grew like that.

Duffam3434 · Aug 21, 2013

Weird.. Never seen that in my tank yet.

LukeG · Sep 4, 2013

Lobophora. I had it in a tank once and I really liked it. It looked like coralline but bright red.

http://www.reefcleaners.org/images/algae/lobophora_300x225.jpg