Coraline

[Scoobydoo]

is that coraline?

 

[Jekyl]

Is it on your powerheads or glass? Hard to tell from photo

 

[Uncle99]

Does look like the initial stage of coralline....

 

[Scoobydoo]

Is it on your powerheads or glass? Hard to tell from photo

I got a blueish purple on my heater

 

[Jekyl]

How old is the tank? It very well could be

 

[Scoobydoo]

Sorry my phone takes bad pics

 

[Scoobydoo]

How old is the tank? It very well could be

Nov1 2020 is when I started it

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

It's either coralline or a light dusting of cyano. Did you start with dry rock? A little cyano dusting is normal and goes away very quickly if the conditions are right for coralline to grow. I threw in a dry rock scape a couple of months ago and it started off with diatoms, which went away quickly. Then there was a light dusting of cyano, but then coralline took hold and is now growing all over. In my experience, the purplish coralline is the first to grow. Red hasn't been common in my tanks, but that doesn't mean it won't be in yours.

Have you tried blowing it off with a turkey baster or powerhead? If it stays, then it's the start of coralline.

 

[Scoobydoo]

It's either coralline or a light dusting of cyano. Did you start with dry rock? A little cyano dusting is normal and goes away very quickly if the conditions are right for coralline to grow. I threw in a dry rock scape a couple of months ago and it started off with diatoms, which went away quickly. Then there was a light dusting of cyano, but then coralline took hold and is now growing all over. In my experience, the purplish coralline is the first to grow. Red hasn't been common in my tanks, but that doesn't mean it won't be in yours.

Have you tried blowing it off with a turkey baster or powerhead? If it stays, then it's the start of coralline.

Dry rock

 

[Scoobydoo]

It's either coralline or a light dusting of cyano. Did you start with dry rock? A little cyano dusting is normal and goes away very quickly if the conditions are right for coralline to grow. I threw in a dry rock scape a couple of months ago and it started off with diatoms, which went away quickly. Then there was a light dusting of cyano, but then coralline took hold and is now growing all over. In my experience, the purplish coralline is the first to grow. Red hasn't been common in my tanks, but that doesn't mean it won't be in yours.

Have you tried blowing it off with a turkey baster or powerhead? If it stays, then it's the start of coralline.

Yea it don't blow off

 

[Scoobydoo]

Yea it don't blow off

Looks like blueberry muffins

 

[Jekyl]

Coraline will be more part of the rock than something growing on it.

 

[RobB'z Reef]

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

Looks like blueberry muffins

That's the first time I've heard it described that way. LOL

 

[Pistondog]

The bright areas should get coralline 1st, or more of it. It looks like most of the pink is in shade.

 

[Scoobydoo]

It is in the rock and the arrow you used is my hermit crab lol

 

[Scoobydoo]

It is coraline I ask my local pet store thanks for your help

 

[Scoobydoo]

How do you leave the forum anyone know

 

[Scoobydoo]

Cause all you get is false info

 

[Al Blue4.6l]

Cause all you get is false info

You stop navigating to www.reef2reef.com. Hard, I know.