Dark red/purplish growth on live rock

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  1. stylaster

    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    where are you coming up with rhizo from, did this get posted in wrong spot? You gotta stop drinking and post tom ;D
     
    stylaster, Jan 10, 2010
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  2. NeighborTomita

    NeighborTomita Banned

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    LOL!! That's usually at night, stylaster :cheesy:

    Here -

    Figure 3. A Homotrema rubrum; about one-third of an inch high.
    The rhizopodia are feeding structures

    from - Foraminiferans by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

    Unless Shimek's wrong :)
     
    NeighborTomita, Jan 10, 2010
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  3. TriggersRule

    TriggersRule Feather Duster

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    The rhizopodia looks very similar to what I have but much bigger in that pic.
     
    TriggersRule, Jan 10, 2010
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  4. stylaster

    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    aaah yup that looks pretty close to what is in the pics, nice find, so atleast i was in the right family forams:)
     
    stylaster, Jan 10, 2010
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