Any positive I.D.'s on these?

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  1. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Here is a variety of some of what I believe are macro's growing in my tank I have plenty of guesses as to what they are but no for sure's does anybody know any of these?
    here is pic #1
     

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    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Here is pic # 2
     

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    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    and check this one out on the tops it looks pale yellow/green but when viewed though the top of the tank these "tops" are very orange?
    pic #3
     

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    Wow some beautiful stuff Mason.

    The first ones are definitely Halymenia or Dictyota. Not sure about the others, but would love to know.

    This link from the 3reef links page should help ya.
     
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    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    What strain of Halymenia do you think it is? I have a huge bush of this and I'm pretty sure that this is Halymenia.
    Is pic one or two a different stain of Halymenia?
    Still no clue on the third.
     

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    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Yeah that is the same plant just the pic from the link is a real close up! So what do you think the red one's are ( pic # 1 + 2 )
     
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    well, Mason, i am not positive, but i think that is Halymenia pseudofloresia or rhodophytes, which is a good source of food

    not positive, but they look a like ;)

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    O.K. check this out I'm still learning how to do it well but If you put a magnifying glass in front of your camera you can get better shots I actually found out about this on here but it took me a while to get a magnifying glass but here is a closer shot of # 3 "the weird one " it's a little blurry but I'm sure I'll get better at taking shots like this!
     

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    yep, the magnifying glass trick works pretty well

    that is weird, almost looks like a hairy mushroom, lol, it might take me some time to figure this one out, Boomer is really good at id'ing algae, far better than me (if it is algae)

    i will get back to you on this ;)

    td