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Old 11-28-2007, 10:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Red leathery thing

I have a 15gal. tank and the live rocks that I have suddenly had this red stuff growing. my suspicion is that its red slime, but after a week, the red stuff turned to dark red and shriveled up. I had a WC and i tried to scratch it off the live rock. it felt leathery and its like 1mm thick and stuck to the live rock. anyone here ever had this in their tank? thanks.
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Red leathery thing

Could be deep red coralline algae which is good.

Could you get a picture of it?
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Red leathery thing

I'll try to get a pic tonight. thing is its a new tank around 1 month only.
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:13 PM   #4 (permalink)
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What about red turf algae (not good).
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Red leathery thing

Corraline wouldn't be leathery.
Not sure what it is though since cyano should be able to be pulled off of the rock.
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Does it resemble this?

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Old 11-28-2007, 10:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Red leathery thing

http://reefshow.com/html/crusts1.gif

it looks like this
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:53 PM   #8 (permalink)
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sounds like a sponge
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2nd the sponge
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Old 01-28-2008, 05:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Red leathery thing

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what is that AL? good or bad? my husband had a bit of an outbreak in his 90 at the office, and he has something that looks like this.. but there is red and yellow.. like a dark yellow orangy color.
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Could be some form of macro algae
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