weird purple algae

mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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i have this weird algae growing on the side of my tank. its not red slime because i rubbed it with my finger and it didnt go away, and its not coraline algae cause its not pink and dosent look like coraline. there's a whole lot of it too. they appeared in about a weeks worth of time. what is it?
 
flower

flower

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Let it grow and see if it turns frilly like the post Spanko offered. I have redish purple, bluish purple, light and dark green, orange, pink and velvet red coraline. So saying it isn't coraline because it isn't pink is no indicator.
 
mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3098558
Is it fuzzy? Is it soft? Is it slimy? Almost looks like gracilaria.

i did have some of this growing b4. is that good?
and its like normal green algae that grows on glass but its purple. its not slimy and its not hard.
 
loopy101

loopy101

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i have the same thing growing and no its not like the picture it doesnt turn frilly.. the mag float wont scrape it off.. when you touch it , it basically feels like the glass. only way i found to get it off is by razor blade and it peels like a apple skin.
Does this sound like the same thing Mr clownfish???
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by loopy101
http:///forum/post/3099048
i have the same thing growing and no its not like the picture it doesnt turn frilly.. the mag float wont scrape it off.. when you touch it , it basically feels like the glass. only way i found to get it off is by razor blade and it peels like a apple skin.
Does this sound like the same thing Mr clownfish???
HMMMM...I have a couple of spots like that....they are small though....I just thought ut was really tough coraline

I have not taken a razor to it, but I do know the magnet does not work on it
 
loopy101

loopy101

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it could be a type of coraline not really sure i dont have alot of it but it likes to grow on the front panel of the tank so i take it off... havent really paid any attention to the other sides of the tank but thats mostly covered with coraline algea so it would be hard to tell anyhow...
 
mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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Originally Posted by loopy101
http:///forum/post/3099048
i have the same thing growing and no its not like the picture it doesnt turn frilly.. the mag float wont scrape it off.. when you touch it , it basically feels like the glass. only way i found to get it off is by razor blade and it peels like a apple skin.
Does this sound like the same thing Mr clownfish???
yup thats what it sounds like. razors takes it off.
 
flower

flower

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It is such a close up picture it looks like a skin problem LOL
If it doesn't go frilly I am guessing it is coraline...
 
loopy101

loopy101

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i really dont think it is coraline just for the fact when you scrape coraline you can feel the coraline its a hard substance...this stuff doesnt just scrape away it peels away and it isnt near as hard as coraline algea. im beggining to think its a type or a layer of some bacteria much like cyno... but im surely not sure what it is....
 
loopy101

loopy101

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besides the looks i havent noticed any ill affects from it but i only have a couple small spots of it...
 
mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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i dont think its bad cause i have an anemone and a shrimp. if it was anything bad then they would die, but they are doing great.
ill post some more pics when it grows some more.
 
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