Is it coralline algae or not?

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Hi all, after 40 days I am start to see some purple spots on the dead rock as showen in these pictures below, what do u think it is, I am lucky I am starting to get coralline algae or not?
My tank is 200 gallon
Nitrites 0
Nitrate 5.0
Amonia 0
Ph 8.2
slinalty 1.023
Phosphate 0
Calcium between 350 420
No coral
200 lbs dead and diy live rock
15 lbs live rock

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But somebody told me it is red slim algae or kind of bacteria
 

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Plus, cyano (slime algae) will spread like crazy. In a day or 2 the whole tank could be overrun by it. You don't have red slime :)
 
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Plus, cyano (slime algae) will spread like crazy. In a day or 2 the whole tank could be overrun by it. You don't have red slime :)

I turn my light of :eek: but some off rock I try to clean it from these spots and I can clean it. any idea?
 

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If you rable to just wave it off with your hand, its cyano, if you have to scrape it with your nail, its coralline.
 
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Because the spots only on the top of the rock wich is near live rock the other rock doesn't have any of this spot
 

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Plus, cyano (slime algae) will spread like crazy. In a day or 2 the whole tank could be overrun by it. You don't have red slime :)

Posted this in the wrong thread,, sorry,,, just noticed. It's not cyano
 

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