Coral, algae?

Here are some close ups of this bristle like.....something. Posted before but no one really knew. Let's try it again.

 

Looks like some sort of algae to me, does it feel slimy or wiry?

 

That is why I chose the word "bristle". Very stiff brush-like. On the return plastic nozzle, it is a hard mat that can be scraped off in patches but on the rock it is almost impossible to remove.

Anyone else??

 

There's a species of asparagopsis with that texture....however, it's usually redder

 

Look like algae to me, but that's all I got.

 

I looked that up Curt and that's not it. It is more Brownish-Red, the pic is of it high up and bleached a bit.

 

Oh well, no one knows again. I guess it is a coral or macro algae.