Cyano or Coralline

[unklez]

My tank is 3 months old. I had diatoms then dino. Dino cleared like last week. Now I have green hair algae and what I hope to be is Coralline but could be cyano.

The red stuff is only visible on the top part of the rocks, nothing on the powerheads or back wall. It looks like its painted on or powdery, not the thick crusty coralline i see in other people pics.

Verdict?

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

Looks like coralline to me... if you can’t turkey baste it off the rock then it’s not cyano

 

[unklez]

Nice just blasted it several times didn't come off.

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

Nice just blasted it several times didn't come off.

Coralline it is then my friend!

 

[itselenababe]

Any update on how it’s been growing? This is exactly what I have in one of my tanks currently

 

[unklez]

It grew little bit more but then I had to go on vacation and had someone else take care of my aquarium. It was then the green hair algae had massive growth and shadowed the coralline and killed it. I'm back now and just managed to get rid of all the hair algae.