invertical
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is there a reason this is happening to me? It has no signs of disease or anything and there a couple of tube worms on the rock that are doing just fine, but my coralline algae seems to be turning white...
coralline turning white?
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fishygurl
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Originally Posted by Invertical
http:///forum/post/2715029
is there a reason this is happening to me? It has no signs of disease or anything and there a couple of tube worms on the rock that are doing just fine, but my coralline algae seems to be turning white...
that means its dying/dead lol..
Thats weird.. that only happened to me when i put the coralline in the sand. and then months down the road would pick up the rock and the part that was in the sand would be all white.
What lighting do you have? How old are the bulbs? What are you parameters? Are the fluctuating?
http:///forum/post/2715029
is there a reason this is happening to me? It has no signs of disease or anything and there a couple of tube worms on the rock that are doing just fine, but my coralline algae seems to be turning white...
that means its dying/dead lol..
Thats weird.. that only happened to me when i put the coralline in the sand. and then months down the road would pick up the rock and the part that was in the sand would be all white.
What lighting do you have? How old are the bulbs? What are you parameters? Are the fluctuating?
xtreeme
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I have some that is white.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/abo.../coralline.htm
Coralline Algae exists in a variety of different colors (green, pink, white, purple, red).
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/abo.../coralline.htm
Coralline Algae exists in a variety of different colors (green, pink, white, purple, red).
fishygurl
Active Member
Originally Posted by xtreeme
http:///forum/post/2715056
I have some that is white.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/abo.../coralline.htm
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http://saltaquarium.about.com/blqalrturningwht.htm
read paragraph that starts with iodine and calcium...
*edit* my guess is lack of calcium and/or magnesium... Can you post your water parameters for these? along with iodine and alkalinity. thanks
http:///forum/post/2715056
I have some that is white.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/abo.../coralline.htm
..
http://saltaquarium.about.com/blqalrturningwht.htm
read paragraph that starts with iodine and calcium...
*edit* my guess is lack of calcium and/or magnesium... Can you post your water parameters for these? along with iodine and alkalinity. thanks
invertical
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i've read that, and realize being poor and having a tank don't go together lol...I have been using Kent Calcium and Iodine, I'm using the power-glow bulbs from Marine Glo and they aren't but 2 months old...i'm currently saving up for my t5 setup...I just bought this live rock at the lfs and after it had been in there about 2 days it started to turn white. I have not been able to get coralline to grow at all in my tank and it's about 9 months old....I need to get a test kit but then again there's the money issue. I add the Iodine and Ca like the bottles tell me to. I guess i'll just play around with it and see what happens....thanks for the help.
fishygurl
Active Member
Originally Posted by Invertical
http:///forum/post/2715060
i've read that, and realize being poor and having a tank don't go together lol...I have been using Kent Calcium and Iodine, I'm using the power-glow bulbs from Marine Glo and they aren't but 2 months old...i'm currently saving up for my t5 setup...I just bought this live rock at the lfs and after it had been in there about 2 days it started to turn white. I have not been able to get coralline to grow at all in my tank and it's about 9 months old....I need to get a test kit but then again there's the money issue. I add the Iodine and Ca like the bottles tell me to. I guess i'll just play around with it and see what happens....thanks for the help.
See if any LFS will give you free water tests?
Also when you dose what it says on the bottle (which may be your problem since you dont have the test kits....) try turning your skimmer off for an hour or so like it said.
http:///forum/post/2715060
i've read that, and realize being poor and having a tank don't go together lol...I have been using Kent Calcium and Iodine, I'm using the power-glow bulbs from Marine Glo and they aren't but 2 months old...i'm currently saving up for my t5 setup...I just bought this live rock at the lfs and after it had been in there about 2 days it started to turn white. I have not been able to get coralline to grow at all in my tank and it's about 9 months old....I need to get a test kit but then again there's the money issue. I add the Iodine and Ca like the bottles tell me to. I guess i'll just play around with it and see what happens....thanks for the help.
See if any LFS will give you free water tests?
Also when you dose what it says on the bottle (which may be your problem since you dont have the test kits....) try turning your skimmer off for an hour or so like it said.
bgrae001
Member
I feel your pain. My suggestion is to take your water to your lfs and have them test it. I know what you said about the poor thing, I'm broke too, but you might want to try a different brand of salt with more frequent water changes. If you use a reef quality salt it will have higher CA and MG than standard salt and you wont have to dose as much. Which will save you money in the long run. Most quality lfs will test your water for free.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Good luck and keep us posted.
invertical
Member
I don't have a skimmer built yet...just my sump for now, and my turnover rate and water flow are no problem. My LFS only tests for the basic stuff...PH, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ak....They don't test for Ca ro SG. I use Instant Ocean salt and have been since the beginning of my setup, and can test my own SG...I do water changes weekly....around 12 - 15%, and only use ro/di water. When I get my water tested at the LFS everything comes out very stable and also rarely seems to fluctuate.
invertical
Member
so is 12 hrs of light too much?..I know that if I got a piece of rock with coralline on it that came from a highly lit tank it would do poorly in dimmer systems. I have a rock in there that i've had from the beginning and the coralline does fine in the light that I have...yet there is no spreading of the coralline.
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nereef
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instant ocean gives low Ca and Mg, i believe.
aquaknight
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For me at least, my coralline always dies if it's exposed to air even for a moderate bit, 20 mins? or so. You can always tell when I've done a water change because of the white coralline ring at the top of the tank.
xtreeme
Member
If it was diff color then turned white its dead.
I have some that has grown white. I mean where no coraline before. There is white coraline. I have red green and white.
I would try diff salt. IO is fine for fish but coral or coraline algae I would use diff salt. In order Reef Crystals, Oceanic, best tropic Marin Pro Reef (IMO). Many use Reef crystals have good coraline and coral $51 for 160 gal.
I have some that has grown white. I mean where no coraline before. There is white coraline. I have red green and white.
I would try diff salt. IO is fine for fish but coral or coraline algae I would use diff salt. In order Reef Crystals, Oceanic, best tropic Marin Pro Reef (IMO). Many use Reef crystals have good coraline and coral $51 for 160 gal.
invertical
Member
I actually have noticed today upon close examination that there is actually coralline growing on rocks that havn't had it before....some is super bright pink spots some is darker purple and some (new to me) is almost a bluish violet color...but it's in the low lit areas..two spots are at the very top with stronger lights. I have to get a Ca kit....my LFS doesn't test for anything but basic PH, NI, etc... but not Ca or Mag...And when I got the rock they wrapped it in wet newspaper put it in fish bag...and that was a store about an hour away....so i'm thinking air could be the culprit as well...but the little mushroom and the two tube worms survived....along with the horrid Majanos plauge heh...is it possible for me to re-adjust my LR without spreading the Majanos Anemone? My dumbass tried to pick them off before reading up on them and I got a few more....not too many...I have maybe 15 total 5 of which are on my old rock and the rest is on the new one still.