Purple hairy/bubles

[DA fisherman]

I don't know if you guys can see it good but it's purple in color ,hairy, and grew with in the span of a couple of hours :-/ . It also has lots of bubbles in it ......
For some reason my water evaporates at a fast pace..so when I get up I have micro bubbles everywhere , my live rock has lots of air bubbles underneath them. Could that be the cause of the purple thing growing on one of them???


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[Chiefmcfuz]

Looks like Cyano to me. Got a closer shot?

 

[DA fisherman]

It's only on that rock, well for now :-(


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[Chiefmcfuz]

What are your levels? CA, ALK and MG? Phos? Nitrate?

 

[DA fisherman]

I am only checking for nitrites,nitrates,ammonia,ph, as of two days ago
Ph 8.3
Nitrite .0
Ammonia .0
Nitrates .10
The salinity is 1.025
I don't have those other testers yet, I'm one of those that started out backwards :-/


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[tomtoothdoc]

look like cyano to me. blow it with a turkey baster, if it comes off easily, it's cyano.

 

[DA fisherman]

The purple/red stuff that was growing on my rock was eating by my yellow tang :-/ it's been two days since he chomped on it , he still looks good
And the purple/red stuff hasn't grown back


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[blueink]

dont worry, it will grow back. your tang will have plenty to eat.

 

[waynotcars]

Try a bacterial product called "MicrobeLift Special Blend". It is NOT a chemical but bacteria in a bottle. After two doses all of my cyano disappeared. It does not affect skimmer operation at all and does not harm anything in tank. It really works. I had Cyano everywhere and couldn't get rid of it. In 1 week it's all gone. You'll get a lot of posts after this saying "Good Husbandry". Find the root source, don't add anything. This is bacteria and is part of good husbandry and it works.