Unknown red growth in SW reef tank

[charles-n-charge]

This odd, coral-looking, red thing has been growing off of one of my corals for awhile now and I don't know what it is. It's getting to be pretty big though, and is changing shape and color.
It's almost like a bush in the way it grows. It has a stem-like base that it's growing from and a big red bushy top. Can anyone ID this for me?


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[Gill Blue]

no idea, but it looks pretty cool.
what other colors has it been?

 

[Fat Homer]

You may have a little more luck placing this in the s/w coral section?

although i agree, looks pretty interesting...

 

[charles-n-charge]

Forgot to mention there's another one right behind the original, but it's a completely different shape. Same color and everything though.
And it looks like another is forming not too far from the first two, also a different shape.


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[CanadianKeeper]

Just some red algea brother. Normal. If you dont like it take the peice of live rock out and pull it all off. Its nothing to worry about

 

[CanadianKeeper]

alot of people like it for its colour and then they dont need a 70 dollar peice of coral to get some red in the tank

 

[charles-n-charge]

There's no way it's algae of any kind. It's hard and has a distinct structure.
If you look at the second one, you can see how it's forming leaf-like arms.
I honestly think its some kind of weird coral growing but I don't know for sure really.


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[fishcop14]

It almost looks like red Duncan coral.

 

[scalesandfins]

Macro algea. Like culurpa or somethin.

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[tomcat.415]

They look like button polyps