red algae thingy?

[angelfish]

was checking out my sump the other day and found something strange growing on the rocks in there, heres some pics...

any ideas?

also a pic of the tank at the moment...

ta, bonnie

[Brianemone]

looks like red valonia if thats possible, is the powderblue tang real?? looks fake

[Ira]

Hard to tell for sure since you've got the camera focused about a foot past the rock. But it looks like red macroalgae. Nice stuff, I've got heaps. I've pulled out about a basketball sized clump from my tank rcently because it was taking up so much room. But it grows in a nice easy to remove clump.

[angelfish]

thanks brianemone, yeah he's real. most of the photos ive taken of him look like this...

he's so fast!!!

i'll do a search on 'red valonia'.

sorry 'bout the shot ira. was trying to get a close up since the bubbly things are so small. can red algae just turn up out of the blue?

bonnie

[lduncan]

That's one healthy looking powder blue. Feed him up on nori, they love it.

Layton

[angelfish]

yeah, love my powder blue. over the last couple of weeks hes decided that hes boss of the tank and so now the yellow tang is sulking . i feed them heaps of different foods including nori 3 times daily and 2 different types of jbl dry foods that are spiralina based. the clowns think its wonderful being fed all the time!

[angelfish]

photo of a fat clown

[Pies]

Awesome.

Pies

[slappers]

beautifull just beautifull

[angelfish]

thanks guys, really aprieciate it!!