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07-03-2008, 11:12 PM
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#1 | | Tetra
Join Date: Feb 2008
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| Never heard of this?!
I haven't posted anything in a while. Unfortunately, not much has changed lately. BUT, all of a sudden my Live Sand is completely saturated with red ( coraline ? ) algae and I have pink and purple corraline "exploding" all over the glass and rocks ( I swear this is true ) MY LIVE ROCK AND LIVE SAND IS BUBBLING!!! I've never heard of this . What's up????????!!!!!!!!!!
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07-04-2008, 07:58 AM
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#2 | | Rainbow
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Clinton Township, Michigan
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| Re: Never heard of this?!
Try to post a pic. Coraline doesn't grow on sand, that sounds like red cyno.
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07-04-2008, 08:48 AM
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#3 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
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| Re: Never heard of this?!
I agree with Jed, sounds like cynobacteria and is normal to have it in tanks under 1 year. You need to find the source of it though to remove it for good.
The bubbles are from the algae using up oxygen and growing.
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07-04-2008, 11:54 AM
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#4 | | Tetra
Join Date: Feb 2008
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| Re: Never heard of this?!
could it be excess calcium? that's the only thing that I can think of.
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35 Gallon with 25 lbs of Live Rock and 40 lbs of Live Sand. Coral Beauty Angel, Tomato Clown and Blue Devil Damsel. Filtering with Remora skimmer and lighting with a Nova Extreme Pc lighting unit (96w 10K/460 Actinic). . . .and adding LPS one of these days. | |
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07-04-2008, 01:56 PM
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#5 | | Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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| Re: Never heard of this?!
No calcium isn't a nutrient for cyano. It could be nitrates, phosphates, excess lighting, excess nutrients in your source water, or not enough flow to name a few causes.
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