LIVE ROCK ALGAE

[BlackGhost]

I bought fully cured live rock that has purple algea all over it and now its starting to grow green algea on the rock too and a little of the purple is getting white and fading

Anyone know anything?

 

[saltwater4life]

um whats the green algae look like, The purple coraline is probably from the lights being lower or higher then they were at the store so it's dying i think but it should grow back once your tanks been set up awhile
Hope that helps

 

[CoolWaters]

its getting white which probably means its dying back to base rock...u have a good clean up crew right? cuz what im getting so far is that the algae is exploding...

 

[Lorna]

No it is not dying back to base rock. Base rock is live rock that is dense and not very porous therefore people use it to base their aquascape on hence the name "base rock" it is cheaper than premium/decorator live rock which is usually branchy and very porous. It is still live rock but is going through one of the many changes you can expect when setting up your reef. The coraline will come back provided that the parameters are acceptable to it....ca around 400 and good light (not necessarily metal halide) coraline doesnt demand high light to flourish......good luck and keep us posted.

Oh as for the green algae, is it hard or is it soft? some coraline algae is green but frankly I believe you are just experiencing one of the many algae blooms you can expect in the first year

 

[BlackGhost]

I have only had the live rock for a week and when I got it it was fully cured with purple all over it?

 

[CoolWaters]

so u have any clean up crews? or a digicamera? post a pic of the whole tank

 

[aresgod]

I woul dguess calcium is the problem, not lighting, coraline grows in pretty much any light...the green algae sounds like hair algae, a clean up crew will take care of that.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

i wouldnt be surprised if differeent lighting shocked it... i just upgraded, and my coraline turned a little white, so i cut down on how long the ligt stays on, and im building up.

 

[saltwater4life]

same here when i got my first load of live rock it went from a 500g tub with a no light and when i put it in my tank it turned white and then back to purple pink and red but i have to go with Lorna the green algae is probably just a algae bloom