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Unread 04/11/2013, 04:41 PM   #1
MiracleFish
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Is this Cyano or Dark Red Coraline?

Its not growing on the sand, and its not easy to brush off. Im pretty positive this is coraline, just a very dark shade of it. Its growing like coraline, its even growing on the tank walls in splotches like coraline would.




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Unread 04/11/2013, 04:44 PM   #2
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if u can rub it off with a simple slight touch then its algae or cyano bacteria but its stronger than that then its coralline. most likely coralline.


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Unread 04/11/2013, 04:44 PM   #3
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It looks like coralline is starting to grow.


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Unread 04/11/2013, 04:51 PM   #4
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Looks like coraline, as bnumair said, if it easily falls off and feels like slime then it is most definitely cyano.


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