Is this coralline?

[Gabbone]

Hi guys, I wanted to check if this green patches on my fake purple rocks are a beginning of coralline.

I also have some green dots on the glass, very hard to scrape with magnets.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

How new is the tank? Do you have something in the tank that has coralline on it? This COULD be the beginning of coralline, but there are a lot of factors to consider.

 

[Jekyl]

Looks like the beginning stages of algae rather than coraline.

 

[Gabbone]

Looks like the beginning stages of algae rather than coraline.

Can be tho, tank is quite new, 3 months.

 

[Jekyl]

Can be tho, tank is quite new, 3 months.

Coraline won't start showing up until after the uglies are over with. At 3 months you're just getting started. Everything is going to turn green, then gha everywhere, then coraline is the usual progression.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Can be tho, tank is quite new, 3 months.

Coralline will not just show up on it's own, it must be introduced into the tank by something. That is why I asked if anything in thank had it. Like snails shell? real live rock? Bottled coralline? Something, otherwise no. Yes it can indeed start to appear at 3 months, not likely, but possible, yes. It just has to have come in to the tank somehow.

 

[Gabbone]

Yep, I dose coralline in bottle + few shells were covered in coralline and even some coral rock base

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Yep, I dose coralline in bottle + few shells were covered in coralline and even some coral rock base

Ahh, okay, well yes, it can be, but 3 months is very early on for coralline to show up. As Jekyl mentioned , there are many phases for a tank to go through first.

 

[Gabbone]

Yes, thats why I wad wondering. If not coralline, what it can be? Because then, I can plan some strategies in advance

 

[Jekyl]

Yes, thats why I wad wondering. If not coralline, what it can be? Because then, I can plan some strategies in advance

The normal algae from dry rock progression.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Yes, thats why I wad wondering. If not coralline, what it can be?

You tank will begin to get this light color green, pretty much everywhere. That will progress into other, more advanced forms of algae, Get a CUC, if it is just plain ole algae, they will take care it. If it is coralline, they will leave it alone.

 

[Gabbone]

I have a full cuc already since 2 months

 

[Gabbone]

Oh, just to clarify, green algae doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s gonna be bad?

 

[Tommy B]

Keep your params stable and let it ride. It will go through various stages of algae and most of them will come and go on their own.

 

[Gabbone]

Thank you all for the feedback