Dark red/purplish growth on live rock

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  1. TriggersRule

    TriggersRule Feather Duster

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    I have a few of these growing on some of my live rock, they kinda look like a flowery coral type growth, this is the biggest one I found so far. Pics are kinda blurry, not sure if this can be id'd...can get better pics if too blurry.
     

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  3. NeighborTomita

    NeighborTomita Banned

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    Definitely need clearer pics to be positive, is it hard or soft? Looks like it could be a type of sps, maybe an acropora or montipora. Would still prefer better pics, please :)
     
  4. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    It does look like some sort of coral, but it could also be coraline algae.
     
  5. stylaster

    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    pics is blurry but my best guess is a foraminiferan. They usually occur in dark areas on the reef, they are filter feeders, very common in most tanks. If you look close you should see tranparent hairs at the tips
     
  6. NeighborTomita

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    I see corallite's, big one's too. I will wait on better pics :)
     
  7. kcbrad

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    The pics are too blurry, but they do look like a soft coral of some type...
     
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  9. TriggersRule

    TriggersRule Feather Duster

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    Ok, these are the clearest I could get out of all my tries. This growth is really hard like a rock and spiny.
     

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    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    after taking your better image and zooming in, im still saying it is a foraminiferan. My reason for this is i see no corralites, the tips are whitish, (typical of a foram)
     
  11. NeighborTomita

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    I just don't see rhizopodia in the pics, this is confusing me lol.
     
  12. TriggersRule

    TriggersRule Feather Duster

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    Looking for pics of foraminiferan online, not really finding anything that looks like what I have unless they don't look the same when they are small.