Coraline growth on sand

[1percula]

I'm getting coraline on my sand. it looks good, but I don't remember seeing it in a tank before. It's kind of a salt and pepper look. I use Purple Up 3-4 days a week and I recently got my phosphates down to where the Hair Algae is dying. Everything in the tank looks fine. Anyone foresee any problems?

 

[smoothie]

Sure it's not red slime algae/cyano?

 

[1percula]

Yes, I'm sure.

 

[smoothie]

Then sweet no problems with that.

 

[bclark7169]

never seen that before

 

[1percula]

I'm trying to attach a pic. Here you go!
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[weaglereefer]

Sure it's not the beginning of cyano?

 

[smoothie]

Nice sun coral though

 

[1percula]

I just got the tank to a point where the Hair Algae is dying. You may not be able to tell in the pic, but the Hair Algae is in it's last stage. I added a UV and Rowaphos to the system along with 15% weekly water changes and it seems to be working.

I'll keep a look out for the associated bubbles that comes with cyano, but I have had cyano before and this doesn't look the same.

 

[smoothie]

Keep up the water changes to remove the load from the dying algae

 

[1percula]

Ok, you guys were right. It was Cyano. I found a patch in my sump and that was the mother colony. I added Chemiclean and it was gone in 3 days. False alarm, sorry.

 

[smoothie]

+1
Good job. Water changes are the most important part. Alot of people wipe it out with the red slime remover and it comes back from lack of nutrient export.