interesting find.

its now about the size of a silver dollar. I thought it might be a Grandis paly at 1st but I see now its not..whatever it is its pliable not hard.


I was looking a little closer and saw the nudi hanging out inside this thing
the 2nd pic is another one but its all gold in color..any clues?

here's a better pic of the nudi and some other cool volunteers growing in this tank.
my plan is to let it go and see what all comes ot of this rock.

Very cool! Nice macros. Where did you get this rock?

I got it at a place called Sea Save outside of Baltimore.
this rock is really full of life but not all would be safe for your reef
thats why I am leaving the 130 the way it is and just watch what happens.
I might have to go get another piece or two:) I love surprises, its becoming more fun than watching the other tanks!

I love the surprises too! I actually have something growing in mine that I was going to post some pics of but my camera battery died before I got the uploaded and I don't have the charger here at work. Tomorrow it will have to be then! LOL

cool. cant wait too see pics:)

it looks like brown plating algae or "mermaid's fan" you can look up Padina sp.

juice28 wrote:

it looks like brown plating algae or "mermaid's fan" you can look up Padina sp.

you are right! Thank you:)

fa sho no problem

So it's a macro algae? Cool!

yea i believe so.. never had it first hand but i read it can be quite invasive under the right conditions but that goes with all algae lol go figure. it is pretty darn cool though, looks kinda like a montipora