Strange Liverock Colors

[pascal32]

I've been noticing some strange live rock colors and textures. The tank is a 72 gallon that was [confession] a mostly unmaintained salt water fish only tank for 4 years using tap water and a canister filter. I kept salinity in check, other than that I didn't watch levels and water changes were far apart.

Converted to reef in December and I have been maintaining the levels since. Also made the Switch to RO/DI

I had HA problems a month after I started the conversion, lots of water changes, a Phosban reactor with RowaPhos and a lawnmower blenny cleared things up.

salinity 35 %,
KH 11 (salifert, PPI reads 9)
CA 420
PH 8
MG 1350

do the red patches look normal? what about the zebra print? I tried brushing it off and it seems like its on there pretty good.

I heard cyano brushes off, so hopefully this is something else!

thanks for the help!

 

[Willistein]

coraline comes in all different colors - looks like good clean rock to me!

 

[pascal32]

I was worried about the deep red - that's normal?

 

[talon4x4]

The red is fine. I have red growing in my sump but not my d/t. So I would guess the color may be lighting dependent?!?

 

[dreaminmel]

Red is normal. Deep red is the dominant color of coralline in my tank with other colors mixed in throughout.

 

[EllieSuz]

I have quite a lot of that deep red, really maroon, color on some of my rocks and was wondering what it was. So, Blurry, thanks for starting this thread.

 

[pascal32]

Glad to hear this is the good stuff!

Thanks!

 

[tmz]

Looks fine to me.

 

[solRNY]

colors... hehehhe...that looks like some good stuff

 

[Capt_Cully]

Anyone ever get the stuff that is super bright orange under actinics? I see little flecks of it once in a while, never much bigger than a cm2.

 

[Neoz]

Yup I have a few spots of that on my rock Cully. The biggest being about the size of a dime. I always wondered what it was.

 

[solRNY]

colors... hehehhe...

sorry, after reading my post it can be interpeted the wrong way, its a inside joke between us as i am somewhat color blind, no harm intended

 

[jdoenumber2]

Anyone ever get the stuff that is super bright orange under actinics? I see little flecks of it once in a while, never much bigger than a cm2.

I have if i expose purple Coraline to air for too long. Like when i would clean power heads

 

[pascal32]

thanks again! I get overly worried sometimes!