White coralline?
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gmford1979
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has the rock been out of the water?
emm0909
Member
Thanks for the question. I had the same. I just thought it was new coraline.
Anyone have a reason for this?
I have a 75 with good parameters. Calcium is around 440. I put a rock in and the tips started to turn bright white or die so I've just learned. The coraline is not spreading. I remember putting purple up in my first aquarium and within days purple algae was popping up EVERYWHERE! I've got nothing in the new tank. The algae is deffinately in there though.
What would cause aoroline to not grow or even die yet allow all my corals to survive?
Anyone have a reason for this?
I have a 75 with good parameters. Calcium is around 440. I put a rock in and the tips started to turn bright white or die so I've just learned. The coraline is not spreading. I remember putting purple up in my first aquarium and within days purple algae was popping up EVERYWHERE! I've got nothing in the new tank. The algae is deffinately in there though.
What would cause aoroline to not grow or even die yet allow all my corals to survive?
perfectdark
Active Member
A few factors could contribute. Lighting, for one, Changing light levels and current patterns are contributors. "Light shock" as a result of decreasing water levels in the tank can be a factor. Do you test for magnesium? Perform regular small water changes with a high quality salt mix. Do you test for anything else? Alkalinity? PH?
hefner413
Active Member
My parameters are very stable, been so for quite a long time now. I need to get a clearer pic. Really, I'm not entirely sure it's dead coralline, although that would make the most sense. But there is absolutely no purple around it - no coralline at all. And it is very uniform and seeming to spread actually.
perfectdark
Active Member
It could just be a fungus or some sort of sponge.