Help needed for newbi - purple jelly like blob

[jchopkin]

Hi all. New to salt water tanks and nearly finishing 3rd week of cycling with live rock and iv noticed this purple jelly thing on one of the live rocks and really unsure what it is. I thought maybe purple algae but it looks different and I cannot I'd what it is and if I need to get rid of it any help would be amazing thanks

 

[jchopkin]

Hi all. New to salt water tanks and nearly finishing 3rd week of cycling with live rock and iv noticed this purple jelly thing on one of the live rocks and really unsure what it is. I thought maybe purple algae but it looks different and I cannot I'd what it is and if I need to get rid of it any help would be amazing thanks

 

[alpha199]

Carpet anem? Some kind of leather coral maybe?

 

[Shmollica]

Third week of cycling I’d say that’s the first blob of cyano. What are your nitrate and phosphate readings right now?

 

[Shmollica]

Also just so you know if you bought “live rock” from a lfs like wet rock that has been in established aquarium for a long period of time your tank is already cycled! Haha time to change that water and get to reefing!

 

[Shmollica]

Also just so you know if you bought “live rock” from a lfs like wet rock that has been in established aquarium for a long period of time your tank is already cycled! Haha time to change that water and get to reefing!

From the hair algae it looks cycled