help live rock

[skylarlust]

i have a lot of purple on my live rock and i now that it is relay good for the tank but the rock is changing colour to white can anyone please tell me why

[Portuguesenrg]

Your Caroline alge is dying / decloring


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[hillegom]

Did you change the lighting? Maybe the calcium/magnesium balance is out of whack. Check your levels.
Some people love their coraline algae, others curse it.

[skylarlust]

is the coraline algae good for growing soft corals. i like the way it looks but if it dose not help the coral grow then i dont realy want it`. and yes i did just change the light .

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by hillegom

Did you change the lighting? Maybe the calcium/magnesium balance is out of whack. Check your levels.

It's been asked already ... ... but you didn't give us details.




You changed your lighting from what to what ?

Check your Alk, Ca and Mag levels.
If your levels are low/out of balance your coralline will die out.

[Craigdillman]

Yea as above post us some details about your system

How old ?
Hog big ?
What lights ?
What are parameters ?
Any live stock yet?

This will help us answer your question , my gut feeling is tank is super new and cycling and coralline can die out a bit or lights are a lot brighter than tank you bought live rock from and its bleaching both are fine , but If it's been running for a while and this starting to happen different story

[skylarlust]

is the coroline algae good for growing soft corals. i like the way it looks but if it dose not help the coral grow then i dont really want it

[Slyguy00]

Like it or not, there isnt much you are gonna do to stop coraline algae from forming. If your system is healthy you will have coraline.