matt_trace

hi can anyone tell me what the below is please brough some live rock and it has this all over it its almost burgandy in colour and looks like parsley lol good or bad if bad how do i get rid of it, the photo shows a piece a plucked from the rock
thanks

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JESS01

Is it supposed to be that color?

matt_trace

lol have no idea as dont no what it is its that colour on the rock deep burgundy

cerianthus

It seems type of Macro or sponge (maybe). Will see if I can Id and find scientific name.

matt_trace

thank very much

nemo addict

it looks like a dead star polyps

matt_trace

my rocks covered in it if it is dead should i remove it?

nemo addict

do you have a better pic as i cant see on this old laptop ,, but from what i can make out it looks like a star polyps or cyno when i get on main pc i will look it up for you as i will be able to see in more then 16 colours lol

matt_trace

lol ok thanks best pic i can get sorry its just like parsley,not flat leaf parsley the other sort thats like a flower lol to touch is fairly hard almost like a flower dont think its cyno have looked and read about this and cannot find nothing similar thanks for looking tho

Hypnox

Couldn't find it on xtal at all. Not much clue what it could be. Probably some type of macro algae

matt_trace

hi have taken a new pic with this on the rock dont no if this pic is better or not but thort ide post it anyway thanks again

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cerianthus

First pic looked like some sort of Macro but new pics seem to suggest sort of encrusting sponges or tuicate or even squirts? Google for images and see if can match and ID. Possibilities of unknown encrusting coralline algae if carcacerous?