help red growth

[loveopals]

hi im kindof new to saltwater tanks mines a reef tank i just added a couple of corals last week. i woke up and see red growth on sides of tank and on some of the live rock need to know what to do is it normal help please

 

[bizzmoneyb]

ive had green algae growth that is somewhat normal, but never red.
can you get a pic?
is it slimy/stringy looking? probably cyano if so.
or is it spotty and really hard, like dried paint? could be coraline but I doubt it if it showed up overnight.

 

[volitan1]

sounds like red slime algae...however you will need to provide more details. do you have pics?
How long has the tank been set up?
are you using RO/DI h20 to do top offs?
how much flow is i your tank?
What are your perameters?

 

[loveopals]

no its not slimey its more like red paint the tank has been set up for about 5 months we had a 29 gallon set up for a year and we decided to set our 55 gallon up as salt so we just moved it all to the bigger tank and did a water change kept the water we had just added like a water change. our corals are doing great all out all levels are good fish doing great just some red splotchy stuff starting to grow i dont have a camera right now so i cant get pictures thanks for tryin to help though

 

[bizzmoneyb]

if its hard and looks kinda like paint then its probably just coraline. thats good.