Growth ID

[Mr Mumblez]

ID? Just top of rock where lights reach the purple/red spots. They are on there good too. Looks kinda soft but brush won’t remove. Initially I assumed corolline but not so sure now. 50 gallons 25% WC every 3-4 weeks. Sg1.026 temp 78-79 dk 8.8 nitrate 5 all looks good.

 

[senorsancho]

Oof kinda hard to see, if you could get a closeup pic that would be great, but look like red planaria which are a type of flatworm and not good, they aren't like harmful, but they do grow extremely fast and would smother corals if allowed to reproduce quickly. Just get a wrasse from haliocheres family such as melanarus, yellow coris, christmas, etc. and they will eat up all of them and keep your tank free of flatworms/bristleworms!

 

[Mr Mumblez]

I don’t think it’s flatworms they never move. They are only on topside of rock where light hits too. It’s more like a growth of algae of some kind.

 

[F i s h y]

Looks like coraline to me

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pics a little fuzzy but appears to be coraline

 

[iamacat]

Are you asking about the coralline algae or is there something else? I don’t see anything other than rocks with coralline algae

 

[X-37B]

Looks like the start of red turf algae to me. Pretty common on dead rock.

 

[Mr Mumblez]

I’ll see if I can get a zoomed in pic. I was using my mag flashlight

 

[Mr Mumblez]

Zoomed in it’s a little fuzzy. So can coralline be fuzzy? Or red turf starting in? Plan of action?

 

[tsouth]

+1 to Red turf algae, research Mexican Turbo Snails as a solution. Best wishes!

 

[Mr Mumblez]

I have 3 1.5” Mexican turbos in there. I’ll keep tryin to encourage them to go on top of it. See if that helps. Should I cut lights down some in intensity or time per day?