Live Rock

[bpro32]

I have purple, red, and spots of green algae on my lr. Is the green bad algae?

 

[cdangel0]

Hard to tell without a picture. What's the texture? Is it soft, fuzzy, stringy, or hard?
Coraline comes in all different colors i have red, purple, light green, dark green....

 

[bpro32]

Originally Posted by Cdangel0
http:///forum/post/2602950
Hard to tell without a picture. What's the texture? Is it soft, fuzzy, stringy, or hard?
Coraline comes in all different colors i have red, purple, light green, dark green....

It looks soft and fuzzy. Is it bad?

 

[bpro32]

bump... is the green algae something I should be worried about?

 

[austin]

its most likley hair algae... it just means you have excess nutrients in your tank.. do a water change and only run your lights for about 7 hours a day

 

[cdangel0]

I don't think it's hair algae, but I also don't think is coraline. Check the nutrients and do the water change and you should be good.

 

[michaeltx]

the grenn pacthes are sponges and are pretty much harmless filter feeders for the most part. very few are aggressive.
the purple is coraline algae.
the red could be coraline but could be red slime also is it soft or is it hard and easly removed?
if its hard is coraline if its soft and easly moved then its red slim or cyno bacteria.
Mike