Fri May 30, 2008 12:56 pm GMT   Reply      

it seems that i'm getting purple algae in my 60g cichlid tank... the green algae usually runs rampant in that tank for the mbuna to eat... but i noticed that alot of it is turning purple... some parts it's even light purple like coraline algain... i took one rock out, and when it dreid it looked like a piece of live rock... pretty cool...

my calcium levels are at a constant 377ppm, ph at 9.0, my HCO3 + CO3 is at 6.80, and phosphate is at 0 somehow... hmm... my salt level is also at .2... wait... my hydrometer is fail and aids... it's not picking up any readings... lol... well i don't use aquarium salts anyways...


i noticed that the fish aren't eating the purple stuff... and it seems that it's pushing the green stuff out... but it looks so pretty...

has anybody heard of freshwater coraline algae...???¿

Fri May 30, 2008 3:14 pm GMT   Reply      

I-have-it-growing-on-some-rocks-and-I-also-like-how-it-looks....Don't-know-about-Coraline-algae????....maybe???....I-have-small-amounts-of-green,-brown,-brush,-cayano-bacteria-(a-teeny-bit),-and-I-used-to-have-hair-algae.....Reducing-the-bioload-(reducing-#-and-removing-the-big-eaters:-14-inch-arowana,-Tilapia)-has-really-helped-keep-all-the-other-types-in-check.

The-purple-is-like-really-short-velvet-right?.....It's-really-slow-growing-too-I-think.

Fri May 30, 2008 3:43 pm GMT   Reply      

bright purple... just like coraline algae... like a bright pastel purple...

Fri May 30, 2008 3:51 pm GMT   Reply      

What-I-have-is-sort-of-purple-brown.......I'm-now-noticing-that-the-brush-algae-that-was-causing-me-so-many-problems-is-growing-much-slower-now-in-my-100-gallon,-and-it's-actually-the-same-color-as-the-short-stuff-on-the-rocks.....It-covers-some-of-the-wood-and-it's-really-quite-beautiful,-like-a-carpet-of-velvet...I-think-what-you-have-is-different-Gumbii.....Sounds-cool.

Sat May 31, 2008 11:54 pm GMT   Reply      

hmm... this is kind of like a carpet of velvet too... maybe it's the same algae, but maybe a different purple... i'll try to upload pics somewhere... since this forum is pretty fail/aids with that...

Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:52 am GMT   Reply      

I-wish-I-could-take-pics-of-this....It-has-that-shine-like-velvet-too.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:35 pm GMT   Reply      

Maybe its the same algae just lacking a certain nutrient. Happens to plants alot when the are not receiving a key nutrient.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:47 pm GMT   Reply      

Its purple bacteria

Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:56 pm GMT   Reply      

If you have a hotmail account (speaking of fail/aids) just post it to your msn photo album.

Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:27 pm GMT   Reply      

photobucket works too...i use it all the time.

www.photobucket.com