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I just change my light yesterday and today is looking purple under and a little in top of sandbed

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Not trying to be rude just trying to give you the information I have I see no coralline algae on the rocks or on the glass the tank looks pretty new from the picture and I would be willing to guess that it is a cyanobacteria
 

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There are several ways to fix this one is to siphon it out and cut back the hours that you run the lights you could also use chemi cleanbwhich gets rid of cyanobacteria but you're going to have to throw a lot to air stones in there with it
 

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You can also try to add flow in the aquarium in strategic areas where you see the purple to try to get rid of it as well
 
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There are several ways to fix this one is to siphon it out and cut back the hours that you run the lights you could also use chemi cleanbwhich gets rid of cyanobacteria but you're going to have to throw a lot to air stones in there with it
Yes. I already make the all the first time I got the red cyano. I go to give it a couple of days if get worst I start to treat it.
 

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Agree with the cyano eval, I personally dont like to use chemiclean, I would let the tank settle out and fix whatever params need to be, all tank do have a small amount of algae growing though
 

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Cyano and coralline. using an edge of a credit card, see itf it comes off easily or requires labor to remove.
Cyano will come right off like algae
Coralline will require labor to remove
 

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Yes. I already make the all the first time I got the red cyano. I go to give it a couple of days if get worst I start to treat it.
try increasing the flow by adding an extra powerhead and cutting the lights back by an hour or two a day and see if that helps it doesn't look like it's a terrible infestation yet It could probably be solved with the increase of flow and the cut back on lights either in the hours a day or the intensity
 

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You can find out if it is cyano easily, if it blows right off = cyano. If not then coralline. If its cyano then your flow is probably too low and nutrients are high.
 
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