Was on vacation and when I got back I noticed some coralline algae growth! Very exciting. Looks like some pink and purple. How long till it covers my whole aquascape? Want to get an urchin but waiting till some real build up.
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It will usually show up on plastic/abs pumps and overflows before it grows on rock and glass, watch to see if it changes form, if it is coraline keeping alk/cal/and magnesium in check along with nutrients in the water, and it won't take long.Was on vacation and when I got back I noticed some coralline algae growth! Very exciting. Looks like some pink and purple. How long till it covers my whole aquascape? Want to get an urchin but waiting till some real build up.
It sounds like it, and my original suspicion. Do you have any white light pictures of the algae?
It sounds like it, and my original suspicion. Do you have any white light pictures of the algae?
I have blown all the rocks with a turkey baster and none has come off. Only way is scrubbing it for a bit with a glass cleaning sponge or picking at it with my thumb nail.if you can blow it off with a turkey baster def cyano
The pink/purple is coralline. The other stuff looks like algae.I have blown all the rocks with a turkey baster and none has come off. Only way is scrubbing it for a bit with a glass cleaning sponge or picking at it with my thumb nail.
looks like coralline to me based on the pics you sentI have blown all the rocks with a turkey baster and none has come off. Only way is scrubbing it for a bit with a glass cleaning sponge or picking at it with my thumb nail.