ID stuff on my lrs

[wontonflip]

Is this black stuff bad? what is it, rotting stuff? And in the second picture...the red stuff....is that another type of coralline, or something bad? I haven't poked at it, so I don't know if it's slimy, but it's flat, and doesn't look like that red bubble algae thing.

 

[reeffreak]

The first could be anything.Decaying matter,brown diatom mix in or just the color of the rock.I wouldn't worry.

The second looks like coralline.

 

[wontonflip]

So even if it is decaying matter, it won't cause an ammonia spike? So far so good though, my levels are all at 0ppm.

 

[cgoodman381]

I wouldnt worry about it to much. What sort of CuC do you have?

 

[Bifferwine]

I think your rocks look good! They are coloring up the way they are supposed to.

 

[wontonflip]

I've got just snails and crabs, around 12 of each...not enough I know...I wanted to build up to the recommended amount slowly. Tank seems to stay pretty clear, except for a few specs of things floating arount. I've got a ton of q tip sponges growing all over the place, including one big one under a rock.

I don't know if I'm spending too much time staring at the tank, but I keep seeing new corraline growth :) Then again, maybe I'm just staring too long, willing there to be new growth LOL

I know a couple of places where there is a small bunch of red coralline growing...tiny amounts that weren't there before. I'm hopeful! My calcium is low though...it's at around 350ppm. I haven't done anything to raise it since I didn't have any corals anyway. Should I try to raise it with kalk so I get more coralline?

 

[Bifferwine]

The calcium level it's at is just fine. I wouldn't try to raise it unless you got some SPS corals.

 

[SSalty]

That is some fresh live rock.

 

[wontonflip]

The one w/ black stuff on it is a large 17 lb lr that I got from my lfs.