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05/16/2003, 09:48 PM
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Need Identification
Hello all I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this algae purple stuff is.. It looks like some form of algae but it is real stringy if that makes any sense.. I think that is probally bad cause it seems to growing rather quickly and i am afraid that it will choke out my other stuff in the tank.. Please help.. also I am afraid that I might have a coral beauty that is starting to get the ick.. There is one little white spot on her I was wondering if anyone could reccomend a good treatment?.. Thanx..
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#3
05/16/2003, 10:48 PM
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Hi there,
From your picture your purple algae looks like some nice purple coralline algae growing. The stringy things can be many things, my guess some type of worm that makes a calcareous tube - I really wouldn't worry about it. About your coral beauty: do a search for coral beauty and ich on this board and you will find many hints, suggestions, etc. for what to do next. Mark |
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05/16/2003, 10:59 PM
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mmmmmmmm
don't know
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05/17/2003, 10:27 AM
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the stringy things are soft and yes they do sway with the current. Sorry for the horrilbe picture i took it with my cell phone.. lol..I have picked off some of it from the rock and feels very soft almost like a sponge. It seems to be spreading around in the tank too. I just noticed a some starting to grow on the other side of the tank..
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05/17/2003, 10:44 AM
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the stringy things are soft and yes they do sway with the current. Sorry for the horrilbe picture i took it with my cell phone.. lol..I have picked off some of it from the rock and feels very soft almost like a sponge. It seems to be spreading around in the tank too. I just noticed a some starting to grow on the other side of the tank..
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#8
05/17/2003, 10:46 AM
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alright i searched for ich and came up with a few different things. Based on the fact that I have 80lbs + of live rock and a few inverts i use copper so garlic sounds interesting to me.. SO do I just put a clove of garlic in the tank ?.. or what I love to cook so I always have garlic should i dice it up and put it in or just put the whole clove in thanx. GUYS.
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#10
05/17/2003, 11:37 AM
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Looks like the remnant of a mat of green star polyps (the purple) with a sponge growing over it.
It is nothing to worry about at all. The sponge may expand some more, but will not take over the tank. Bruce |
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#11
05/17/2003, 06:03 PM
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I couldn't say for sure what you've got, but I've had soft, thick, purple strings growing from the underside of a rock that's covered in pink and blue sponges. They looked a great deal like your picture, and I believe they were extensions of one of the sponges, but I have no clue what they actually were. After reaching a certain length (~2") and being exposed to the lights and a stronger currant that caused the strings to brush against rock, they slowly degraded and disappeared. Believing it's a sponge, I wouldn't get rid of it unless it's obviously negatively affecting something.
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#12
05/17/2003, 09:54 PM
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Hey BiG-Kid, firstly if the coral beauty only has one small spot on it, it's a lil too early to assume much of anything. However, if you want to try the garlic treatment anyway (won't hurt anything if you do) you use kyolic (liquid extract) or I believe you can extract the juices yourself if you have the leaves and you add that to their food. You don't just add garlic to the water
 There are also a growing number of commercial garlic additives out there you can buy at the lfs if you wish.
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