Is it coralline algae or not?

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Hi all, after 40 days I am start to see some purple spots on the dead rock as showen in these pictures below, what do u think it is, I am lucky I am starting to get coralline algae or not?
My tank is 200 gallon
Nitrites 0
Nitrate 5.0
Amonia 0
Ph 8.2
slinalty 1.023
Phosphate 0
Calcium between 350 420
No coral
200 lbs dead and diy live rock
15 lbs live rock

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But somebody told me it is red slim algae or kind of bacteria
 
Plus, cyano (slime algae) will spread like crazy. In a day or 2 the whole tank could be overrun by it. You don't have red slime :)
 
Plus, cyano (slime algae) will spread like crazy. In a day or 2 the whole tank could be overrun by it. You don't have red slime :)

I turn my light of :eek: but some off rock I try to clean it from these spots and I can clean it. any idea?
 
If you rable to just wave it off with your hand, its cyano, if you have to scrape it with your nail, its coralline.
 
Because the spots only on the top of the rock wich is near live rock the other rock doesn't have any of this spot
 

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