White pimple on coraline algae

rverbeck · 03/30/2008, 07:34 PM

I have got what looks like white pimples all over my coraline algae. Does anyone know what it could be?

Leandrae · 03/30/2008, 07:36 PM

Is it just on the coraline or all over in general?

-Janel

lakwriter · 03/30/2008, 08:05 PM

hey! i have this too! no idea what it is, tho

rverbeck · 03/30/2008, 08:42 PM

only on the coraline

Leandrae · 03/30/2008, 09:05 PM

Hmm, beats me if its only on the coraline. Any chance you can post a pic of it?

m2434 · 03/30/2008, 09:11 PM

I know what you are talking about, but can't say what it is....

CaptainCoral · 03/30/2008, 09:12 PM

Sounds like an alk burn. I get that too when the tank is adjusting to alk supplement changes. They go away.

Coldshutter · 03/30/2008, 09:18 PM

cal drop? That's what happen to my tank when I was tuning my reactor.

Leandrae · 03/30/2008, 09:58 PM

When I set up my first tank, I had little white drop looking things all over everything. I later determined they were little calcium deposits. I had used Coralife salt when I started and the calcium readings were very high (well over 500). After switching salt and several water changes later, it all went away

rverbeck · 03/30/2008, 10:46 PM

HMMMMM, Well, I have dosed a buffer recently AND I use coralife salt. It sounds like it could be either or. I have been using the coralife salt for about the last 2 yrs so I dont know it that would be it. My levels WERE high but as of recently they have been in the 440 range. I will wait for a couple weeks and see if it could have been from the dosing.

saltkreep · 03/30/2008, 11:05 PM

have you had a large f/w top off addition.

BLKTANG · 03/30/2008, 11:07 PM

sounds like coraline algae spores

njdevilsfan · 03/31/2008, 12:01 AM

not to scare you but look for little white star fish
i started seeing white spots on my coraline
a few months later my entire back glass was wiped out
i sterted pulling out 30 starfish a day
gave in and got a harliquin 2 months later no starfish and the coraline is taking over again

CaptainCoral · 04/03/2008, 05:04 AM

We have a lot of different answers here, should this be asked in the advanced topics?

CaptainCoral · 04/04/2008, 07:40 PM

Let's say we know it isn't an animal, but directly related to our CA ALK methods. What then?

03/30/2008, 07:34 PM	#1
rverbeck Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, Ia. Posts: 20	White pimple on coraline algae I have got what looks like white pimples all over my coraline algae. Does anyone know what it could be?

03/30/2008, 08:05 PM	#3
lakwriter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 562	hey! i have this too! no idea what it is, tho __________________ And this, too, shall pass... 29 g FOWLR 37# LR, 35# LS 2 green chromis 2 ocellaris clowns a very social peppermint shrimp and various snails and hermits

03/30/2008, 09:11 PM	#6
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	I know what you are talking about, but can't say what it is.... __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman

03/30/2008, 09:12 PM	#7
CaptainCoral Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Naperville,IL Posts: 1,104	Sounds like an alk burn. I get that too when the tank is adjusting to alk supplement changes. They go away. __________________ I have 300 lbs. of pet rock Current Tank Info: 55[QuarantineTank],75[softie,clown/anemone], and 180 AGA reefs

03/30/2008, 11:07 PM	#12
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	sounds like coraline algae spores __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/30/2008, 07:36 PM	#2
Leandrae Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thornton, CO Posts: 286	Is it just on the coraline or all over in general? -Janel

03/30/2008, 08:42 PM	#4
rverbeck Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, Ia. Posts: 20	only on the coraline

03/30/2008, 09:05 PM	#5
Leandrae Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thornton, CO Posts: 286	Hmm, beats me if its only on the coraline. Any chance you can post a pic of it?

03/30/2008, 09:18 PM	#8
Coldshutter Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gloucester, MA Posts: 68	cal drop? That's what happen to my tank when I was tuning my reactor.

03/30/2008, 09:58 PM	#9
Leandrae Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thornton, CO Posts: 286	When I set up my first tank, I had little white drop looking things all over everything. I later determined they were little calcium deposits. I had used Coralife salt when I started and the calcium readings were very high (well over 500). After switching salt and several water changes later, it all went away

03/30/2008, 10:46 PM	#10
rverbeck Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, Ia. Posts: 20	HMMMMM, Well, I have dosed a buffer recently AND I use coralife salt. It sounds like it could be either or. I have been using the coralife salt for about the last 2 yrs so I dont know it that would be it. My levels WERE high but as of recently they have been in the 440 range. I will wait for a couple weeks and see if it could have been from the dosing.

03/30/2008, 11:05 PM	#11
saltkreep Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vacaville ca Posts: 199	have you had a large f/w top off addition.

03/31/2008, 12:01 AM	#13
njdevilsfan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: texas Posts: 658	not to scare you but look for little white star fish i started seeing white spots on my coraline a few months later my entire back glass was wiped out i sterted pulling out 30 starfish a day gave in and got a harliquin 2 months later no starfish and the coraline is taking over again __________________ SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS Current Tank Info: 210lps,75anemone,60frag,20

04/03/2008, 05:04 AM	#14
CaptainCoral Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Naperville,IL Posts: 1,104	We have a lot of different answers here, should this be asked in the advanced topics? __________________ I have 300 lbs. of pet rock Current Tank Info: 55[QuarantineTank],75[softie,clown/anemone], and 180 AGA reefs

04/04/2008, 07:40 PM	#15
CaptainCoral Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Naperville,IL Posts: 1,104	Let's say we know it isn't an animal, but directly related to our CA ALK methods. What then? __________________ I have 300 lbs. of pet rock Current Tank Info: 55[QuarantineTank],75[softie,clown/anemone], and 180 AGA reefs