White and Red Live Rock

smccarthy

smccarthy

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I have had my 40 Gal. tank going for about 2.5 weeks so far and today I noticed my live rock has white and red areas on it. Is this anything that I should be conerned about?
 
ecoman

ecoman

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sounds good to me. the red anyways. is the white just the rock? the red is growth, thats what you want. I bought my rock with it already there!
 
mrdc

mrdc

Active Member
Originally Posted by DevilBoy
the red growth could also be cyanobacteria. a picture would help the ID

Yep that would help. Purple is the "best" to have and red might be confused with purple. Also white could be live turning dead, A pic would be great!
 
mystic7

mystic7

Member
Well, first off, that's lava rock. I use it myself but a lot of people will tell you that it's not good for a reef tank. For a FOWLR I don't see anything wrong with it. But if you plan on keeping corals you may as well get it out now.
 
ecoman

ecoman

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it doesnt look like lava rock to me. It is just very pourous. The rock in the middle (biggest one) is a bunch of coral pieces stuck together..
 
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