Newlinta Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Got this for free at a not so good LFS... Any guesses? Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Looks like a species of Titanophora to me, but I could be wrong Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 red dictyota? I was kinda thinking that too. We need GRmoore in here Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 is it flat? Might be gracilaria curtissae. If its not flat might be nemastoma Link to comment
Newlinta Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 is it flat? Might be gracilaria curtissae. If its not flat might be nemastoma It is flat and was growing in "tiers" I think it may be gracilaria curtissae... Link to comment
keydiver Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 how easily broken is it? If it's rubbery and tough, could be gracilaria. If it's thin and translucent under intense lighting, it sounds like red dictyota, very invasive. Did you see how it was growing on the rocks at the LFS? If it hugged the rock and didn't have any distinct holdfasts, it makes me think its dictyota Link to comment
Newlinta Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 how easily broken is it? If it's rubbery and tough, could be gracilaria. If it's thin and translucent under intense lighting, it sounds like red dictyota, very invasive. Did you see how it was growing on the rocks at the LFS? If it hugged the rock and didn't have any distinct holdfasts, it makes me think its dictyota It is flat and semi-translucent in bright light, but doesn't break too easily. It was growing out of the sides of the rock like plates/shelves in levels/layers. Link to comment
metrokat Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 yup thats the evil red titan @Keydiver @drunken monk @GR Moore Can I please send you some of this evil red titan for a confirmed identification? Link to comment
Newlinta Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Better pics... Don't know if that helps at all... Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 yup thats the evil red titan @Keydiver @drunken monk @GR Moore Can I please send you some of this evil red titan for a confirmed identification? Wait...... You want me to put evil red titan in my tank so it can take over? Newlinta, Its a pretty macro, tell us if it takes over lol Link to comment
Newlinta Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Lol...I'm gonna try and isolate it on one rock and see how it goes(grows)... Link to comment
keydiver Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 i'd like to see this also. My titan that has multiple holdfasts doesn't look like that. It's a much darker red, not translucent, and doesn't grow in shelves but rather bushy Link to comment
grmoore Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 yup thats the evil red titan @Keydiver @drunken monk @GR Moore Can I please send you some of this evil red titan for a confirmed identification? Kat, I'd be more than happy to receive a sample to ID and grow out. Send me a PM if you like. Link to comment
grmoore Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It looks like the wrong blade shape for Gracilaria curtissae. I believe this is a Fauchea sp based on the shape of the stipe and blades. That's a very nice find! Link to comment
Newlinta Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Here's some new pics... After about 3 weeks in my tank... Any new opinions or confirmation of old ones? Link to comment
Newlinta Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 No thoughts,observations,opinions? Link to comment
RESONANCE Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Definitely a type of red dictoya. Have had it before. Can be nice, BUT, can also get messy... dont let it get torn to bits or you'll see it float around and spread. No thoughts,observations,opinions? Link to comment
grmoore Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Definitely a type of red dictoya. Have had it before. Can be nice, BUT, can also get messy... dont let it get torn to bits or you'll see it float around and spread. To the best of my knowledge, there are no red Dictyota species, only a common mis-identification of Fauchea. Link to comment
BulkRate Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Kind of off the subject here... what's that blue macro in the background behind the red mystery macro? Never seen it before and it looks great! Or is it some kind of star polyp thay I'm grossly wrong about? The red doesn't look like any halymenia that I've seen. Maybe a gracilaria, though. Link to comment
Newlinta Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Kind of off the subject here... what's that blue macro in the background behind the red mystery macro? Never seen it before and it looks great! Or is it some kind of star polyp thay I'm grossly wrong about? It is ochtodes....it grows like a weed in my tank... I have some for sale,if you're interested...lol Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 It isn't a titanophora species, it looks more like a rhodymenia sp. Gracilaria curtissae looks very similar, but is usually thicker and has a somewhat rubbery texture, yours looks much finer than that, but I can be wrong and it is worth a check. Link to comment
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