Anybody know what this slime is from? It's on a fiberglass box at Alki Cove II.
Thanks!
Carl
We saw these Styrofoam-like eggs (?I assume) in the end of a log/pier. What creature might have laid them?
These are pictures from this morning.Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
Re: Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
Lingcod egg mass.
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Re: Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
Thanks! I've never seen a lingcod there, but we saw two egg masses this morning.Jan K wrote:Lingcod egg mass.
I'm wondering if the slime is some creature's glue and it just doesn't stick well to fiberglass.
- Carl
Re: Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
Hi Carl
Here's a pic of the same box I took on 3/12, it was mostly pink/purple at the time, which I believe is an encrusting algae. When you say slime, are you referring to the green(er) stuff?
Here's a pic of the same box I took on 3/12, it was mostly pink/purple at the time, which I believe is an encrusting algae. When you say slime, are you referring to the green(er) stuff?
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Re: Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
YellowEye,
Thanks for the clarifying question. I'm mostly curious about the pink/purple stuff. From Internet searching (that mostly hit swimming pool forums), I wonder if it is "pink algae", which is actually a bacteria (perhaps even a cyanobacteria). I find it interesting that it grows so conspicuously on fiberglass. I wonder if that's because other things can't hold on as well.
- Carl
Thanks for the clarifying question. I'm mostly curious about the pink/purple stuff. From Internet searching (that mostly hit swimming pool forums), I wonder if it is "pink algae", which is actually a bacteria (perhaps even a cyanobacteria). I find it interesting that it grows so conspicuously on fiberglass. I wonder if that's because other things can't hold on as well.
- Carl
Re: Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
I have always thought that it was coralline algae -- at least it's the same color as what you find extensively on rocky surfaces in this area.
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Re: Slime and eggs at Alki Cove II
Thanks! Looking it up (Bing: 'coralline algrae encrusting'), I'm sure that's right.LCF wrote:I have always thought that it was coralline algae
The articles talk about its ecological importance. More people want to grow it (mostly in salt water aquariums) than want to remove it. (I hope I didn't hurt its feeling by calling it 'slime'.)
- Carl