Will anything eat this?

[Mikeb213]

Not sure what kind of algae this is, but it doesn't scrape off, obviously won't blow off with a turkey baster, and my trochus snails walk all over it and seem to ignore it. I don't personally mind it of it's not a problem, gives the rocks a bit of color. Just don't want to ignore something that will become a bigger problem later.

 

[Mr Fishface]

I would bet an urchin would take care of it if you hate it.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Is this a new tank ( or is it a new piece of dead rock)?

 

[Mikeb213]

Is this a new tank ( or is it a new piece of dead rock)?

It was dry rock, I put in a tank for about 4 months, and just upgraded to a bigger tank so I moved it over. It's been in water about 4 maybe 5 months total. Algae was on it in the old tank before moving.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Ya it just looks like the normal colors any rock will go through while becoming live. Nothing to worry about, it will go away with time

 

[Mikeb213]

I assume I'll probably have diatoms etc all over again since it's a new tank, new sand, new sump, new everything.

 

[Katrina71]

Yep. Might be a mini cycle though.

 

[Mikeb213]

Yep. Might be a mini cycle though.

I think I was good there as far as ammonia and such, 60 pounds of rock and a ton of seeded marine pure sphere's in the sump. 2 happy clowns in there, been about 3 weeks. Ammonia nitrites , nitrates about 5

 

[Katrina71]

Sorry, short uglies cycle. I added more bottled bacteria when I swapped tanks too.

 

[Mikeb213]

Yah I forgot, I did add bacteria after moving it over. Aquascaping took longer out of the water than I thought it would.

Sorry, short uglies cycle. I added more bottled bacteria when I swapped tanks too.

 

[NanoDJS]

It looks like the base of coraline starting to me , and yes alot of asterina stars and some snails / limpets

 

[Mikeb213]

It looks like the base of coraline starting to me

I was kind of thinking that, 1 or 2 of my snails came with it on their shells. I've never seen Coraline starting though so wasn't sure about it being green.. the rocks did have a few small red spots on the rocks before moving them. Now I've turned them all different directions and don't remember where the spots were.

 

[Katrina71]

Ninja star snails are my favorite.