Uneaten food turning pink

[entranced]

Why does uneaten food turn pink in my aquarium? It does it in a matter of hours, it doesnt matter the brand or type of food.

The aquarium is new by the way.

I assume some type of cyano, but havent read of someone else having this "problem"

 

[entranced]

Anyone?

 

[redfishbluefish]

What lights do you have? If you take the food out under natural light, is it still pink.

Let's see if the #reefsqaud can help.

 

[entranced]

Yes its still pink, i have a 50/50 white/blue.

 

[SPR1968]

I don’t know, I never get any uneaten food, if it is actually lying around you might be feeding to much anyway.

Dont feed anymore than the fish/critters will eat in a few minutes, as apart from turning ‘pink’ it will start to break down and affect the water quality

 

[entranced]

Its a newly cycled tank with 2 clownfish. Since they are new, they still dont eat well, so i added just a little