Please Help Wth ID

[Tebonus]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/tebonus/transparentshrimp.jpg
I Found This Shrimp (approx. inch long) about 3 weeks after adding live rock.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/tebonus/Algae.jpg
I thought this very orange stuff was coraline algae at first, but I read on a separate thread that this alage does not come in orange. It is much more orange than what is shown in the picture. Definately not red.

[Dr4g0nf1y]

The first pic looks like the moult from a peppermint shrimp. The second pic is probably some type of sponge.

[Tebonus]

Duh, should have known it was a molt. Guess I got excited for nothing on that one.

[SW Fan]

If you have any that will try to eat the molt let them, they are a good source of protein

[kmk2307]

Corraline red algae can possess orange-ish pigments. I think that is a corraline.

Kevin

[timmy_boy188]

looks cool to me

[bertoni]

Could be coralline. If you pull off a bit, and it fizzes in water, it's likely coralline. If not, I'd guess sponge.

[kmk2307]

Originally posted by bertoni
Could be coralline. If you pull off a bit, and it fizzes in water, it's likely coralline. If not, I'd guess sponge.

It fizzes in water? I don't understand?

[dwoods8581]

i dont know if thats a molt or not. 2 weeks ago i fed my lionfish some ghost shrimp i got from lfs and yesterday i noticed that 2 were still alive underneat a piece of live rock picking stuff off of it ive never heard of ghost shrimp living in SW but they are.

[bertoni]

I was being an idiot. I meant if it fizzes in vinegar. Must have been too tired.

[3D-Reef]

Coralline comes in purple, pink, red,blood red,orange,yellow,and green.At least this is what I`ve read and seen in pictures.

[skippy2]

I have small pieces of orange corraline.

[greenbean36191]

Lots of sponges will fiz in vinegar too. Coralline does come in orange, but what you have looks like a common encrusting sponge.