Coralline Algae

[flydan]

Hey,
My reef tank has been running for over two years with moderate success. (Mostly good, some not so good.) Anyway, my question is: Has anyone experienced layers of Coralline peeling off the glass sides in small sheets. I keep the front scraped clean, but I let it grow on the back and about 1/2 of each side. Over the last month or so I've had areas that pulled away from the glass and fell off in large pieces. Anything I should be concerned with? Water peram's are stable.
Dan'l

 

[sal t. nutz]

Yes, be very concerned. You should scrape all the coraline off that you can, and mail it to me for examination. You could be encountering "Excesivious Coralinious". I will put those scrapings in my tank since my tank has been diagnosed with "Non-propegatorius Coralinious" and this will solve your problem. But act quckily before it's too late.

 

[flydan]

Hey,
You're very funny. Seriously though, is it normal to peel off like that on it's own? Just something I've never seen or read about on this bb.
Dan'l

 

[sal t. nutz]

I'm sure it's just grown too thick and heavy for a vertical plane. I'm sure it can only adhere to itself within reason. On rock it has a lot of texture to adhere to, glass is just a smooth vertical plane where gravity is pulling it off, as apposed to on a rock where gravity actually helps it adhere.

 

[flydan]

Hey,
Now that's an answer I can live with. As a reward should I bag up some Halymenia sp. for you to go along with the coralline?
Dan'l