Coraline algae

[Digicop]

Is this Coraline algae growing on the glass? It seems to be calcified and is very hard but not the color I expected. I seated the tank with two bottles of coralline algae 45 days ago

 

[LAReefer4Life]

No that is not. Looks like typical nuisance algae that grows on the glass.

 

[Fishy212]

No, coralline algae is usually pink and or purple in color. I believe that is just a lot of algae. If you can scrape it with your nail, then no. You need to make sure your calcium levels are properly maintained in order to accelerate the growth.

 

[Alexreefer]

But your snails seem to be full!

 

[LAReefer4Life]

But your snails seem to be full!

lol

 

[Arricefe]

Those “patterns” are from your snails “working“ on it

 

[Mike N]

Take a flipper scraper or some kind of flat blade to that glass immediately sir lol

 

[Digicop]

Thanks, It was hard enough I had to scrape with razor so wanted to be sure I wasn’t being counter productive. I will resume cleaning it.

 

[Just_Pete]

You need ‘some’ coraline algae in the tank for it to spread. The bottles are only excelerators, pick up some CUC that have it on their shells or frags.

 

[Mike N]

Good idea. The longer you leave that film up the harder it is to remove. After a certain point the scraper stops working efficiently.

 

[X-37B]

If you can get a piece of actual live rock and put it in you tank. Or just scape it off the rock and add it.
Your lfs can most likely give you some scrapings too.
It takes way longer to get good growth if you have minimal amounts of coralline to start with imo.
Here the bottom of my 120 now 10 months old.
Coralline started around month 3-4.

 

[Spkarim]

My coralline algae is just starting 6 months in. It is starting as small 5-10 mm pink splotches scattered on glass/powerheads etc. There are some greens spots, I think you can have different colors.

 

[JCOLE]

Coralline can come in a green color. Sometimes it comes in green first then changes colors. However, what you have is Just hard algae on the glass. Take a scraper to the glass to remove it.

Also scraping Coralline algae is not counter productive. It can actually help spread the coralline around and speed up the process.