Ok now this is wierd

[anthony27]

Why is my live rock glowing orange and purple in the moon lights what is going on with this....??? could this be the over dose of iodine what is going on

 

[anthony27]

any ideas

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

kryptonites does that to LR's!:tongue1:

 

[TOTAL AQUARIUMS]

Pics of daylights on and just actinics might help. The more detailed the better

 

[anthony27]

what is that it glows to

 

[juiceguy]

magic shroom rock?:tongue1:

 

[anthony27]

I have no idea it is orange and it glows at night... never saw this before until I did my water changes when I had to get rid of the iodine and also added salt to the tank today and this happneed.

 

[ocholoco]

hey

It may be Coraline

 

[anthony27]

i have been searching around and other sites say it is sponges

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

you need to study nuclear physics 101. Too much iodine caused a chemical reaction on the surface of your rock and once your change the salinity of the medium(water), the equilibium shifted. Your rock is now radio active and thus fluorescent to 460-470nm wavelength of light. BE CAREFUL-do not stare at it too long as it will cause eye strain and impair your vision long term.


oh 4got to mention, it will also alter your mind state into continuously searching for what it is and thus hurting your mental health long term too.




LOL

 

[Josh]

A photo might help. I have some calciferous algae that is bright orange and red with my regular day lights.

 

[anthony27]

bingo that is the algie that I have. Exactly what you explained.

 

[johnny roastbeef]

Sounds like it might be an issue with dosing too much alcohol

 

[anthony27]

dude it si true... I will take a picture tommorw and you will see it si glowing orange.

 

[Mr. Softy]

Is it possible that you exposed your rocks to air a little to long during your water change. Some bleaching of the coraline may have accured during that time. Its common to see patchy areas of bright pinkish coraline where it had been over exposed to air. If that is what happend, don't sweat it,. It will recover. Pics would be helpfull.

 

[KathyC]

I have no idea it is orange and it glows at night... never saw this before until I did my water changes when I had to get rid of the iodine and also added salt to the tank today and this happneed.

ummm...just exactly how did you add 'salt to the tank'?
Not that it has anything to do with your color/glow issue, just had to ask

 

[cthoughts1]

ummm...just exactly how did you add 'salt to the tank'?
Not that it has anything to do with your color/glow issue, just had to ask

:scratchch

 

[anthony27]

I added the salt in teh pail I have for the water changes and then I added a little more in a cup that i put tank water in and stired for about a half an hour. It looks realy nice thought. I just want to get the tank in condition for the swap.

 

[KathyC]

Can we assume you did this because you wanted to raise the salinity somewhat? (my apologies if that is a wrong guess)
Something to keep in mind..when you mix salt into a small volume of water (and therefore making a concentration high in salt), and then you pour it into the tank (even into a high flow area), that heavy concentration may well do damage to any coral or coraline in that area before it manages to dilute itself enough to not cause damage and mix sufficiently with the rest of the water.

It is always best to raise salinity slowly through multiple water changes with a slightly higher salinity, to reduce the negative effect of a salinity swing, over a period of days.

 

[anthony27]

I did water changes cause of the iodine spike I had, so I have to bing up the salt level. I will try to add some to the new ro water and then do a water change.