[Salt-lick]

Ok so I got another piece of LR lastnight and noticed the red algae on it has turned white from red.. any particular reason? I was high in the tank closer to the lights could this be causing it?

[Salt-lick]

i want to ad the ph is around 8.0-8.1 amonia is 0.25 nitrite and nitrate 0.00

[Salt-lick]

Here is the picture, it is actually a very light pink but it was definatley redish originally.

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Sorry for the washed out image, its the white stuff atop the rocks waving back and forth. Also sorry for ALL the posts, i have a bad habbit of thinking of things after i post..

[kolokefalo]

while I can't see it. Red algae which may have bubbles in it and grow stringy is usually cyano. Watch your feedings and decrease the photoperiod while the tank cycles.

[Salt-lick]

it doesnt appear to have bubbles in it, however they may be micro, but i will take the advice and lower the light timer to a few hours, could it be the fact that it was red in the store due to an established tank? And I bring it home to a tank that is starting to cycle and it cant cope?

[glampka]

Sounds like the coralline died off. Did you have the rock out of the water for a long time aloowing it to dry out somewhat? Lighting up top may be too strong for it - what kind of lighting do you have?

[Salt-lick]

It was only out of the water for about less than an hour.. maybe 45 minutes but it was wraped in a wet towel inside a moist bag, so it definatley didnt dry out... it is at the top of the aquascape though near the lights.. let me see if i can find the specs on the lighting.

[Salt-lick]

Coralife lighting 18-36 watts - 2 bulbs, i believe, im not home to know for sure, plus it has 3 moon led lights,

[Salt-lick]

Here is a better picture of the stuff i am talking about.. is it supposed to be clearish? It was red.. should I move it down cause its at the top. I have reduced the lighting to about 4 hours a day

here is the link incase the picture doesnt show up

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...lt-tank007.jpg

[MattieFingaz]

Could be Cyanobacteria. Dead water areas can propagate this. A dose of erythromycin succinate from your LFS will make the decision without question. One dose won't hurt at all. If it is indeed cyano...(it's called algae but it is indeed bacteria, hence the antibiotic erythromycin), it will disappear within hours. If your problem isn't the red slime nothing will change and you can move on to the next possible problem.

Good Luck

Mattie

[Salt-lick]

Thanks soo much..

[reefnoob1991]

Well cyano is red slime algae...it covers everything in a blanket of slime but can be easily scooped up. Best bet is to do your next water changes with RO water