Purple velvety growth on rock?
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sigmachris
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It sounds like coralline which is a good / preferred allgae to have.
sigmachris
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Mind you I am just a rookie, but you can do some searching. There are "buffers" on the market that will help promote the coralline growth.
The green bubbles are a bad allagae, do not pop them because that will cause the spores to spread rapidly. I have read that emerald crabs will eat the green bubbles without spreading the spores.
Just surf the site to familarize yourself and I've found a good saltwater book is nice to have.
Cheers,
Chris
The green bubbles are a bad allagae, do not pop them because that will cause the spores to spread rapidly. I have read that emerald crabs will eat the green bubbles without spreading the spores.
Just surf the site to familarize yourself and I've found a good saltwater book is nice to have.
Cheers,
Chris
cannonman
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A velvety appearance sounds more like cyano to me. Coraline is pink/purple and all shades there of but it's relatively smooth and hard- it's stoney algae. If it's cyano it will "flow" and move, like a purpleish/redish/brownish algae....that stuff isn't good... can you take a picture of what you have?
chichi
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I haven't tried any pictures yet, but there are many shades of this purple stuff, some light, some darker and some looks pinkish. It just looks like the darker stuff if "softer" but it isn't hairy like. Some of the live rock is really lumpy looking, kinda like bird poop or something.
coachklm
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Originally Posted by Cannonman
A velvety appearance sounds more like cyano to me. Coraline is pink/purple and all shades there of but it's relatively smooth and hard- it's stoney algae. If it's cyano it will "flow" and move, like a purpleish/redish/brownish algae....that stuff isn't good... can you take a picture of what you have?
first thing that came to my mind also, many items in the aquaria will need to be "prodded" before a proper I.D. can be made.
A velvety appearance sounds more like cyano to me. Coraline is pink/purple and all shades there of but it's relatively smooth and hard- it's stoney algae. If it's cyano it will "flow" and move, like a purpleish/redish/brownish algae....that stuff isn't good... can you take a picture of what you have?
first thing that came to my mind also, many items in the aquaria will need to be "prodded" before a proper I.D. can be made.
hatessushi
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Originally Posted by SigmaChris
Mind you I am just a rookie, but you can do some searching. There are "buffers" on the market that will help promote the coralline growth.
The green bubbles are a bad allagae, do not pop them because that will cause the spores to spread rapidly. I have read that emerald crabs will eat the green bubbles without spreading the spores.
Just surf the site to familarize yourself and I've found a good saltwater book is nice to have.
Cheers,
Chris
You don't need to add any buffers or additives to foster the growth of coraline algea. Coraline algea mostly just needs sufficient calcium in the water which will come normally with regular weekly water changes.
Mind you I am just a rookie, but you can do some searching. There are "buffers" on the market that will help promote the coralline growth.
The green bubbles are a bad allagae, do not pop them because that will cause the spores to spread rapidly. I have read that emerald crabs will eat the green bubbles without spreading the spores.
Just surf the site to familarize yourself and I've found a good saltwater book is nice to have.
Cheers,
Chris
You don't need to add any buffers or additives to foster the growth of coraline algea. Coraline algea mostly just needs sufficient calcium in the water which will come normally with regular weekly water changes.