Coralline algae looks dark green?

[MatthewSS7]

I’d say maybe 10-12 hermits in a 24 gallon. Emerald crabs eat bubble algae and hair algae, but mostly the bubble. The cycle (as I’ve experienced it) goes hair, red cyano (optional), bubble, coralline. Right now I’m in the bubble stage with one of my tanks and the emerald has really helped! I’m not a fan of dosing chemicals/ meds to my DT cause I’m just scared of it, I prefer natural alternatives. I’d get another one so maybe your bubble algae problem won’t be too bad, try giving it a veggie pellet with tweezers like 2-3 times a week or however much you think it needs as supplement to the natural algae in your tank. It’s hard to tell when inverts starve to death cause you can’t see them lose weight. Did he ever molt for you? No molting= no growth= probably not getting enough food

He didn’t molt that I witnessed but I directly fed him supplemental foods couple times a week. Maybe not nutrient rich enough though. I’m dealing with cyano in the sand bed now. Snails and hermits stir it up enough to where it stays buried below surface.
No signs of bubble yet. Maybe I need to get more hermits and an emerald to be proactive?

 

[MatthewSS7]

I have mostly purple and pink coralline. I do have some spots of green just like yours.
Only pic I have as its very limited but it it green and hard to scrape off the glass just like the rest.

That’s very encouraging! Thanks. I was thinking it was maybe film algae on top of purple/pink or something. But maybe this is just a semi normal thing.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Gross, cyano. Hate that stuff. Fighting conchs are good at stirring up the sand and cleaning it, so are serpent stars and sand shifting cucumbers, not too much ‘blizzarding’ with them as with sand shifting fish.

 

[MatthewSS7]

Gross, cyano. Hate that stuff. Fighting conchs are good at stirring up the sand and cleaning it, so are serpent stars and sand shifting cucumbers, not too much ‘blizzarding’ with them as with sand shifting fish.

I’ve read a few things about those livestock. What will work well in my 24gal?

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Get a conch, I love the one I have. They look goofy but they definitely help out, they just scoot around mowing down diatoms, algae and random things they can reach. Great addition to a CUC.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I have the same spot on my tank wall, away from light

 

[Damian reef boi]

I have those green spots too I wonder what it is;Bookworm

 

[X-37B]

I have those green spots too I wonder what it is;Bookworm

Its green coralinne. At least in mine it is.
Coralline comes in many colors and green is one of them.

 

[NeptuneRjo]

I know this is a bit late, but if I remember correctly there are multiple color variations of coraline algae. According to wikapedia, "The colors of these algae are most typically pink, or some other shade of red, but some species can be purple, yellow, blue, white, or gray-green."

 

[Damian reef boi]

I know this is a bit late, but if I remember correctly there are multiple color variations of coraline algae. According to wikapedia, "The colors of these algae are most typically pink, or some other shade of red, but some species can be purple, yellow, blue, white, or gray-green."

Intresting how a blue rock would look ehh

 

[MatthewSS7]

Intresting how a blue rock would look ehh

I’d like to see it