confusing coralline

[Rbacchiega]

I'm kind of in the same boat. I know that light intensity as well as flow and overall calcium reading will determine what colour coraline will grow in. But I think I might be one of the few who don't like it all over the place. I don't mind it on the rockwork, as realistically that becomes covered with corals inthe long run (well, that's the plan anyways) But I try my damnedest to get it off everything else. I like the way a tank looks deeper front to back without coraline.

[hillegom]

If this is a new setup, could it be that the "dieing off rock" was dried out at some point before you received the LR? So after you put it into the aquarium, it was already dead?I know it bleaches out in the sun without water.
Hopefully it will grow back after a month.

[Nihoa]

Originally Posted by hillegom

If this is a new setup, could it be that the "dieing off rock" was dried out at some point before you received the LR? So after you put it into the aquarium, it was already dead?I know it bleaches out in the sun without water.
Hopefully it will grow back after a month.

nah, it came out of the tank up at the shop and went right into a bucket i had brought with me (bucket topped off with their water). took it home, acclimated it to our water over a couple days and threw it in the tank.

its almost as though one week its taking right off and then the next its dying back on some rocks. some patches recover, others go bare. weird.

[hillegom]

There are a few live "things" that ear coraline algae, like urchins and limpets. Probablly others as well