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Looks like itI have the same question: is this the start of coraline algae?
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Looks like itI have the same question: is this the start of coraline algae?
He said it wouldn't blow off and had to be scraped so not cyano.No one guess cyano?
It looks like the beginning so might not blow off too easy...He said it wouldn't blow off and had to be scraped so not cyano.
Yeah, it's the plastic I'm talking about. The purple on the rocks in the background is Caribsea paint.As others mentioned, it typically appears on plastic parts long before rocks.
You will know for sure soon enoughYeah, it's the plastic I'm talking about. The purple on the rocks in the background is Caribsea paint.
His rocks will change a variety of colors as they mature. Mine still do. The urchins strip parts white, then various film algae covers them again which the starfish likes then eventually coralline returns and the urchins repeat the process.It looks like the beginning so might not blow off too easy...
also that's all relative to someone new to the hobby...
This is a translucent coloration. Coralline is more opaque. This might be cyanobacteria.Hey guys, it's my first time starting a tank with dry rock. Tank it's about 2.5 months old, stocked with fish, no corals. I haven't rushed the corals because I have other tanks to hold them until i feel like this one is ready, i haven't tested parameters but I'll run an API nitrate test for **** and giggles, i see between 5 and 10 ppm. Salinity is .026. does this look like coralline growth to you? It only grows outside of direct light, does not baste off and i have to scratch it with a fingernail to get it to lighten up. I seeded with snails that have a bunch on Thier shells.
Unfortunately that looks like the start of CyanobacteriaHey guys, it's my first time starting a tank with dry rock. Tank it's about 2.5 months old, stocked with fish, no corals. I haven't rushed the corals because I have other tanks to hold them until i feel like this one is ready, i haven't tested parameters but I'll run an API nitrate test for **** and giggles, i see between 5 and 10 ppm. Salinity is .026. does this look like coralline growth to you? It only grows outside of direct light, does not baste off and i have to scratch it with a fingernail to get it to lighten up. I seeded with snails that have a bunch on Thier shells.
YupI have the same question: is this the start of coraline algae?