75 gl fish and rock work

[trillyen]

my 75 gl tank is coming along really good

i think im starting to get a coraline algae bloom already, im going through a cyano algae bloom as you can see in the pics and vid hope you like

im not sure if its coraline algae or some thing else if i remember correctly last time when i started to get coraline algae it didnt start out as a big clot these things look like big clots i included some pics if there is any one who may know what it is please fill me in on it please

andif it is just coraline algae i wonder why my 125 gallon hasnt started to get it yet???

oh well hope you guys like the pics

 

[salmonslayer]

NICE PAL and welcom to RF. WOW looks like some nice rock $.

 

[NaH2O]

Looks like coralline is starting to form on the overflow box from what I can tell. How long has the tank been up and running? How about the 125? If you scratch the coralline a bit with your finger nail, it will spore out and help spread it more.

Tank looks good!

 

[spongebob lover]

welcome to RF dood !!!
i hope you like it here , your tank is coming along very nice .

 

[Krish]

Welcome to RF!! Looks good man and does look like coraline as well.

 

[trillyen]

hey thanks guys

sorry for the horrible pics some time my cam just does that!!

both tanks were started on the same day right at a little under 3 months ago

would coraline algae be forming on the sand also??

ive seen c algae before and i dont remember it starting out so big, and why would it be forming on the glass and not just the rock, im not sure if thats what it is or not????

what else could it be if thats not it????

i hope its c algae

thanks for the help my peoples, i can tell im gonna like it here you guys seem to know your stuff, hope i can return the favor, my specialty is diying so if there is ever any ?S you have shoot me a pm or if i catch a post of yours illo help ya out!!

thanks again!!!

 

[Krish]

would coraline algae be forming on the sand also??

That I think would be a first. It could be quite possible though that you have coraline growing as well as experiencing some sort of algae growth. Also, coraline sometimes will start out on the glass. It all depends where the spores are and where the lighting and conditions are best. Take a look at the tank in this thread to see what I mean http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18542&page=11&highlight=brady816 (post 160) ...

 

[NaH2O]

Coralline algae tends to start off on anything plastic first. I notice it on plastic then glass. So, your overflow box, powerheads, etc you'd see the first signs of it. It wouldn't be on the sand, though. If it isn't coralline, then it might just be part of normal algae cycles a tank goes through. Does it feel slimey or is it hard (like you can scrape it with your fingernail)? Coralline you can scrape your fingernail through and it feels hard.

 

[brady816]

i didnt clean the back of the tank and the stuff went crazy.....Once you get it your stuck with it for a little while.. the stuff on the sand bed does it have bubbles on top of it??? what color is it???

 

[trillyen]

its not purple like the stuff on tthe back of your tank

its more like a see threw green

the stuff on the sand is about the same but a little more transparent

i havent tried to scrape it yet but thats a great idea and ill do that as soon as i get off here, im taking it if its hard its c algae and if its soft its some kind of cyano algae or some thing

thanks that makes since

love the tank in the threads and on your avatar ( the same 1 right)

thats a nice c algae build up thats how im gonna do mine also...

thank you guys!!!