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02-04-2008, 12:41 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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 |  Coraline Algae In Different Colors??
Hi guys I know about Coraline algae in purple , light purple, and pink are there other colors because I have some white stuff that looks like coraline and also some red stuff that is flat and hard like coraline is this good stuff or bad stuff.  oh yeah GO BIG BLUE !!!!!!  | 
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02-04-2008, 12:55 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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If your coralline algae is white(bleached), then it is dead! I believe that it grows in green but definitely purples, reds, pinks and various shades of those colors. Much has to do with the lighting and water flow to determine growth and color! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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02-04-2008, 01:02 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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That's a good point about lighting and water flow, but I swear I had healthy white coraline before encrusting on rocks. Perhaps I mistaken. No biggie. | |
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02-04-2008, 01:20 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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So the little white dots I see on my rear glass are small "dead" spots of coraline algae? | |
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02-04-2008, 03:11 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Possibly. It's hard to say. If your maintenance has remained the same and you are keeping up on your alk and mag I would just keep an eye on it. Otherwise check out some of the similar threads at the bottom of the page like: Trying to get coraline algae | |
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02-04-2008, 04:11 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Ive had white coraline algae growing before, also red, pink, purple, green, grey, yellow and even blue. Coraline is a primitive form of deepwater SPS corals. It comes in all the same colors sps comes in. _________ "Zoanthid, Notice that this word contains only a single "o." A zoo is a place where animals are kept on display, whereas zo-(rhymes with toe) is a prefix meaning "animal." This is a simple point, but I can't overstate how it grates on the ears of folks who know better. My advice in any endeavor would be to know the correct pronunciations of its words; otherwise we seem less-informed than we truly are." Renaming Our Corals  | |
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02-04-2008, 04:45 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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I was just looking and I think I also have some green thanks for the info 3 reef crew. | |
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02-04-2008, 05:01 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Cool. No problem. | |
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02-05-2008, 09:00 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kamloops, B.C.
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small white spots might be little polychete worms | |
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