What Kind of Macro?

I'm sorry that I cannot get a picture of it. Everytime I try it's just way too blurry so maybe you guys can assist me with just a description?

The macro that I found in the tank is shaped like a spade or maybe a diamond with rounded side points. It's green and does not look calcified or anything and is flapping in the current.
I tried to find a similar pic online with no luck.

I know that I have red kelp growing but I just cannot find an image similar to the green macro I have.

I would guess at juvenile caulerpa however it is nowhere near fern-like.


If not then I will try sometime this week to borrow someones camera.

 

branches? flat fan shape? texture?

 

Flat spade shape, smooth, no branches, just sprouting from a dark spot on the LR

 

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is this it?

Sorry for the ebay link lol. I was literally looking at it as I read your post.

 

I know, my superior paint skills are amazing


Its pretty small, maybe the size of a corn kernel

I also have some aquamarine colored algae growing on a rock, looked in the "nuisance algae" area and didn't see it. Very pretty though?

 

Anyone?

 

Could it be the begining of Caulerpa Prolifera maybe? It's tough without a picture, I can't really even say that Caulerpa prolifera is a good guess without a picture. It could even be a species of Ulva.

 

I'm leaning more toward ulva because it is a big enough specimen that I would see the telltale caulerpa ridges. I do however think I have some caulerpa. I have some tiny serrated algae growing.... Makes me wonder if I should pluck the serrated macro while I still can.....?

 

pull off one "leaf"....put it in a shallow dish with enough tank water to cover it....then take a pic

 

I'll try to borrow a camera. My camera lost it's life while following my intake manifold/top end tear-down and rebuild.