red coraline

[ryand]

ok my clean up crew is worken away at the tank and i noticed that there was some red coraline algea growing on it eather that or it is something else does anybody else have it try to get pics asap and if you do can you post a pic

 

[nas19320]

Do a search for "red slime" or "cyano" see if it looks like that.

 

[ryand]

no i am pretty sure it is coraline i put my mexican turbo and my austrias on it and they ignored it and moved up to the parts that are badly infected with haired algea green and purple and my hermit is worken on the bubble algea

 

[bigarn]

Try scrapeing it with your fingernail, if it feels hard or crusty it's most likely red coralline.

 

[ryand]

cool red coraline anybody else have it and how did i get it?? lately i have not been turning off my light because i always forget and thats what i do for safety. "to wach them in my sleep" if anybody else has some it would be nice of you to post a pic so i can re-asure my self that it is it