Weird Hot Pink Goo on Acro!!!

[BlennyBabe]

I woke up this morning and went to check on my tank and i noticed a small patch of hot pink goo on my acro colony. It is in the same spot that there was some sort of creatrue. I think it is some sort of clam, but i have never been able to see it very well, let alone take a picture. It has often had a goo around it, but its always clear and it just looks like typical coral slime. but today it is hot pink. here are a few pictures... Please help me decide if this si good, bad, or harmless. thanks.

[BlennyBabe]

here is another angle

[griss]

Interesting, I have no idea what it is, but Mako and I have been exchanging PMs about your pics. He seems to think it might be red cotton candy algae. I can't verify this as I have not seen this algae.

You might want to post the pics in Eric's coral forum (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=84) to get his opinion.

George

[Aquaman]

red cotton candy algae ???

Never heard of it, but if your refering to Red hair algae, thats what it looks like to me.

[Mako]

What, thats not the scientific name? :D

[BlennyBabe]

Yep, Im stumped as well. I have to go to work right now, I just thought I would get a few pics up an hope that this post stays afloat in the sea of posts today. Ill post this in other forums tonight. probably the sps and eric's. I just want to get as many people to see it as possible, thats why i posted in the reef forum.

[BlennyBabe]

its not algae. at least no algae ive ever seen. its more like goo. like thick coral slime or something. but its hot pink.

[BlennyBabe]

well im off to work. see you at 9.... good luck with the id, and thanks for your help

[Super Girl]

Wild Guess...

Could it be an egg sack of some type left by the "creature"? Maybe during maturation it turned from clear to pink?

[AgentSPS]

Cyano? I have seen cyano grow on coral like that.

[BlennyBabe]

well it seems to have turned clear again. Ill get a picture in a second.

[BlennyBabe]

I removed the creature. It looked like a mussel or clam of some sort. The pink and the clear goo have gone and there is only a slight disruption on the surface. You wouldnt even know there was anything there.

[TippyToeX]

It looks a bit like "red cotton algae"

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/22317red_algae_01.jpg pic by katchupoy, hope he does not mind my posting it.

[BlennyBabe]

same color, but there was no substance to the goo. it was just slimy. Its all gone now, but I would still like to know what it is.

[Pineapple House]

Looks like some kind of (non parasitc) bacterial growth to me.

Graham

[BlennyBabe]

Could be I guess, I dont know that much about bacteria.