Opinions about my new tank

[Lasse]

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Sincerely Lasse

 

[Lasse]

It is a thin layer of green algae - not coralline. It is not a bad algae as long as you have snails and hermits eating it. If you do not like the pop - just suck it up with a tube but some hermits or sea cucumbers can fix it too

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Eve]

It is a thin layer of green algae - not coralline. It is not a bad algae as long as you have snails and hermits eating it. If you do not like the pop - just suck it up with a tube but some hermits or sea cucumbers can fix it too

Sincerely Lasse

Hi thank you for your answer. I have snails trying to eat it, but it doesn’t seem like it comes off, kind of weird.

 

[leepink23]

You made some smart decisions listening to reef2reef, tank looks like it’s progressing, I also don’t think that is coralline. Try blowing it off with a turkey baster and see if it comes off.

 

[Eve]

You made some smart decisions listening to reef2reef, tank looks like it’s progressing, I also don’t think that is coralline. Try blowing it off with a turkey baster and see if it comes off.

Hi, I tried. It doesn’t come off. Looks like paint

 

[Lasse]

Have you seen a field that have been grazed by sheep or a lawn that has a robot lawnmower? If the snails haven´t done their job - it has been a hairy lawn.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Eve]

Have you seen a field that have been grazed by sheep or a lawn that has a robot lawnmower? If the snails haven´t done their job - it has been a hairy lawn.

Sincerely Lasse

You made some smart decisions listening to reef2reef, tank looks like it’s progressing, I also don’t think that is coralline. Try blowing it off with a turkey baster and see if it comes off.

The rocks are getting purple too?? Can algae be purple?

 

[Lasse]

The rocks are getting purple too?? Can algae be purple?

That´s probably coralline algae - congratulations

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Eve]

That´s probably coralline algae - congratulations

Sincerely Lasse

Oh my goodness, now I don't know what to think haha, just wait it out right?

 

[Hemmdog]

Oh my goodness, now I don't know what to think haha, just wait it out right?

Yea, coraline is good, it’s the purple stuff on most healthy reefs rocks covering them, like a candy shell. It’s like an apex rock algae, nuisance algae has a much more difficult time growing on it compared to just rock. So yea, it’s good

 

[MnFish1]

I had mentioned to her about getting a small 75 GPD unit. No one told her to get a big unit.

I have a (I think) 35 or 50 gpd. I have is set with a float switch such that it stops making RODI at the top of my RODI container - and shuts off water flow to the membrane. As I drain water out - it fills up automatically until it hits for float switch - works well - when I want to do a water change - I just put salt in the large container - mix it overnight and pump it to the tank - so that the water is constantly being fully replenished.

 

[MnFish1]

Hi Guys, does anybody know what this green stuff is? Is it green coralline or bad algae? I got some turbo snails that removed the brown algae in two days , but whenever they go over the green rocks it doesn’t seem to be removing it, so I am guessing it is coralline. You guys are The experts so help please!!
Ps : I'm including a picture of Flash standing on the snails lol. He loves it. Also, these snails are a poop machine, it seems like the siphon DO NOT remove them as well. I tried picking them up with my hand, but the poop just dissolved lol. Does anybody know what can I do? It makes the tank look horrible.

It looks like harmless green algae. BTW congratulations getting through everything. The ZOA frag is a good sign.

 

[leepink23]

The rocks are getting purple too?? Can algae be purple?

Usually that’s coralline!

 

[Eve]

It looks like harmless green algae. BTW congratulations getting through everything. The ZOA frag is a good sign.

Lol thank you!!! I can’t believe those rocks are getting like that sooo fast tho? Lol

Yea, coraline is good, it’s the purple stuff on most healthy reefs rocks covering them, like a candy shell. It’s like an apex rock algae, nuisance algae has a much more difficult time growing on it compared to just rock. So yea, it’s good

thank you!! I am happy that the stress of cycling the tank is over lol

 

[Eve]

It’s kind of hard to see it, but you can see the purple spots. I will take more.

 

[Bentonb]

just hope the purple isn't actually red aka cyano!

 

[leepink23]

It’s kind of hard to see it, but you can see the purple spots. I will take more.

Just for reference this is how my coralline rock looks.

 

[Eve]

Just for reference this is how my coralline rock looks.

So pretty!!! Sorry I thought you said about the cyano lol so I gave you the wrong answer!! But yes yours looks very nice! I love it.

 

[Eve]

just hope the purple isn't actually red aka cyano!

I hope so too, but mine doesn’t look red, is like purplish pinkish lol . I will take a picture when it gets more abundantly

 

[Eve]

just hope the purple isn't actually red aka cyano!

Okay, now I am thinking what if it is cyano? How did my tank get that bacteria ??? How do I know if it is?

 

[Dragonreef202]

Just a sign your tank is doing well. The more time that goes by the more spread you'll have in your tank. That's why I liked saltwater tanks when I first started out I just bought a couple of live rocks from the LFS and bought the rest dry rock from MarcoRocks and over time coralline algae just spreaded all over the rocks and t=my tanks. I just have to keep up with scraping the coralline of the glass