Amazing Coraline Colors - Significance?!?

[Chris5]

So this is the first time really that i have had the chance to witness a coraline explosion in one of my tanks!! :birthday:

Funny thing is instead of it being on the walls its all over my equipment ...
It started on the rocks (of course) from the colors of green, purple, some small specs of turquoise and red (no not cyano lol)

And now on my koralia's and skimmer pump/filter I am getting like a bright neon orange its wild ... (its like the exact color of those paid stickers you get in a department store when they cant bag it and you have to walk out with the product itself lol -

So whats the significance? I know calcium helps, but what other elements determine coloring?

I can relate it to planting in the garden i recently learned that depending on the acidity of the soil Hydrangea Flowers may turn out to be Pink or Blue ...

Here is a pic of what I am talking about, you can see the orange, the white spots near it is actually purple coraline just my cam kinda lacks the clarity :irked:.. this new coloring has just come out in the past 24/hrs

 

[Killerdrgn]

It's like coral, It's really determined by water parameters, flow, lighting, etc. And then eventually survival of the fitest.

 

[KathyC]

Very cool! After all you've been through, you deserve all the colors in the rainbow!!!!!!!!!! So even green is ok with you now? lol

Hydrangaes huh? Hope you got the lace variety!! Oh so pretty! :flower:
Interesting that PH affects so many things..fish, flowers..us!

 

[Chris5]

I wonder if it has anything to do with the new HO Moonlight I just got, it sits right over that powerhead ...

And def been keeping up on my water changes, i know that helps as well! :tongue1:

And to keep the good news going, I also am seeing for the first time in this tank anyway, small babie starfish appeal on the glass!!

 

[KathyC]

And to keep the good news going, I also am seeing for the first time in this tank anyway, small babie starfish appeal on the glass!!

...and she comes screeching to a halt and says...do they look like the little ones in this thread? Hope not! Look carefully!!
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/39498-stars-my-nemesis.html

 

[tosiek]

And for some reason corraline really really likes plastic. You will soon have your powerheads covered in it after a day of soaking them in vinegar to clean it the first time it covers =0)

 

[tosiek]

Then you will wonder why its growing on your glass and powerheads and not your rocks. Or why it grows more on your front pane and not your back pane of glass, then you will wish it never grew on the glass........Or the powerheads as it starts to block the grates........or grows the quickest in the hard to reach places......

:arg:

 

[h20 freak]

I want turquoise corraline...


But ya the stuff loves smooth surfaces IE: plastic and glass