MommaFishels
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have something growing on my LR. It is deep burgundy in color, but does not appear to be cyano. Most of it is little spots that appear to have a small "tube" or "tip" sticking out of the end of it. One or two places it is more of a covering (like coralline algae). Upon physical inspection, the coralline like coverings are not slimy and it is in fact quite hard to scratch off. I pushed on one of the spots and it crushed (had to push fairly hard) and seemed very calcareous. Once again the spots did not seem slimy at all. Any ideas?
The tank is pretty new, only 4 weeks old. It finished cycling about 2 weeks ago. Had some diatoms and very small traces of hair algae, but the cleanup crew has pretty much taken care of that.
DSC00284 shows the coralline like covering.
DSC00268 and 285 show a large overview of the spots on the rock
DSC00283 shows a close-up of some of the spots (you can see the "tube" or "tip" as I called it)
Thanks in advance for any identification...
-PapaFishels (MommaFishels significant other)
The tank is pretty new, only 4 weeks old. It finished cycling about 2 weeks ago. Had some diatoms and very small traces of hair algae, but the cleanup crew has pretty much taken care of that.
DSC00284 shows the coralline like covering.
DSC00268 and 285 show a large overview of the spots on the rock
DSC00283 shows a close-up of some of the spots (you can see the "tube" or "tip" as I called it)
Thanks in advance for any identification...
-PapaFishels (MommaFishels significant other)