Is this algae??

[Jason4]

its soft to the touch

 

[yote]

It is a type of algae,but I don't know the name of it.
Herbivores will eat it like its candy.

 

[Zissou]

Gracilaria maybe?

 

[yote]

Maybe.

 

[vonjankmon]

Bit tough to see from the picture but is it fuzzy and pull off easily? If it's not, probably Gracilaria, otherwise I think it may be basically a nuisance algae. I saw it from time to time in my old macro algae tank when I was a bit late or lazy with maintenance. Only upside I ever saw to it was that for some reason pods LOVED living in it. You could actually see them crawling all over and in it.

 

[Jason4]

Bit tough to see from the picture but is it fuzzy and pull off easily? If it's not, probably Gracilaria, otherwise I think it may be basically a nuisance algae. I saw it from time to time in my old macro algae tank when I was a bit late or lazy with maintenance. Only upside I ever saw to it was that for some reason pods LOVED living in it. You could actually see them crawling all over and in it.

Its not fussy and i haven't tried pulling it of yet, It looks like little plates/disks

 

[vonjankmon]

Zissou is probably right then.