Live Rock Algea ?

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spirosspike

spirosspike
Mar 19, 2005
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Hi Everyone, I am also new to this.
I had a q on live rock. Can anyone tell me what bad algea to look out for on the live rock & what it looks like, sorry I am an amature on this.
I have noticed a brownish-purple like colour substance growing on my live rock, which looks like a mushroom head which seems to be soft tissue rather than hard substance, by looking at it, and normally is expanded when the light comes on. It is growing by the day. Does anyone know what this is ?
It's growing on a small broken piece of rock, probably 10 cm long which I have placed on top of the main rock.
Any input will be appreciated
 
without a picture it is hard to say what it is. Brown algea is common in the newly established tank but from what I can gather you might have apstasia! this is very bad. Does it look like an anemonea??? if id does then it is atstasia. Take a pciture and let us see it, then we can say what it is.
 
I am attaching a photo, well the quality isn't the best,
see if it is noticable.
It's pretty much in the centre, and looks like a mushroom

Thanks
 
Let's try again
Can't seem to be able to attach photo, for some reason.
To describe it a bit better, it's like a muffin, which the stem is very thin and short and the top is very thin and has a diameter of about 3 cm. It's
top isn't a perfect round shape.

Regards,
 
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I am no expert but i think you should do some reading on apstasia. Have you bought this or did it appear.
 
I have tried to attach a picture of it, but I had no success, anyway it looks very similar to the photo in the link in the previous post, just it isn't that colour but more toward a brownish purple.
Is this a bad thing ?

Thanks for your input
 
Sounds like its just a mushroom, which is a soft coral, looks just like you discribed. you get lots of different colour variations they expand under lighting as they are photosythisizing.

http://www.acmereef.com/images/images_mushroom_a/MA0010.JPG

They are not bad at all, given the right lighting conditions they will spread. Do you have a reef or Fish only tank? Some fish munch on soft corals so its survival will bepend on weather you have reef friendly fish.
 
Well I feel more at ease now. Thankyou.

I have fish only tank only 34 ltrs, with 2 clownfish, thinking of pirchasing maybe another 2 fish, not sure what kind yet, and see how that goes.

Thanks

Cheers
 
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