Rock Color

[Xavier613]

I have Yellow and green growth on my live rock as well as pink and i as well as my friend cant figure out or find out if its good/ bad or what so maybe someone here could help.
Heres a pic

Thanks!

 

[harryk]

It's coralline algae. All good

 

[Xavier613]

roger that... thanks for the quick reply too

 

[Carlo]

It's hard to see in the pic but the brown looking stuff isn't good. See if you can rub it off with a toothbrush or siphon it out.

Carlo

 

[RevClyburn]

What soort of lights do you have and how often do you keep them on?

rev

 

[Phyl]

Rock looks good to me. I don't see anything about the brown colors that would make me think twice, especially if your tank is under 3 months old. If you could back up a bit and take a picture straight through the glass that would help.

 

[Carlo]

Looks like dynos or diatoms to me and it's overall better for the tank to remove as much as possible of undesired algae and like stuff whenever possible even when it's on schedule with a new tank setup.

Just my opinion of course!

Carlo

 

[Hawkeye]

Welcome to NJRC Xavier613~!

 

[Xavier613]

Yeah the pic is from my phone, not terrible but hard to get a clear shot with it...

Im using a 50/50 coralife light that i keep on for about 8 hours a day.

My tank is id say about 3 weeksish? old.

And thanks for the welcome...

 

[Phyl]

Looks fine for 3 weeks. Diatoms (light brown dusty look to rock/sand) will likely burn itself out over the next few weeks. While you could siphon it out, most find that step not to be necessary. It will feed on the nutrients and disappear if left alone.

Welcome to NJRC!

 

[Xavier613]

theres a pic today with about half of the tank and my new false percs... little clearer cept fore the briiiiiight rock at the top, aka the one with the yellow i was asking about

 

[mikem]

Has your tank cycled already?

 

[MikeNapoli]

The yellow could also be sponge.

I have yellow sponge on my rock. Personaly I don't like it but it's benificial, i guess.

 

[Xavier613]

Has your tank cycled already?

Yes it has

 

[Xavier613]

Well almost a week later and i finally have new pics of it... heres a full tank shot

and a closeup on the rock and the rock that orange/brown stuff spread to

didnt notice you asked for a zoomed out shot, havent checked back in a while sorry!

 

[Xavier613]

Sorry, apparently photobucket doesnt like me. heres the same pics in the order above...

maybe it wont delete these...

 

[Carlo]

Pics aren't showing up for me.

How about uploading them to the gallery here and then linking to them?

Carlo

 

[Xavier613]

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