Coraline?

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  1. lfndust

    lfndust Astrea Snail

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    I have some white dots on the front glass of my tank. Looks like Coraline, is Coraline white when it first starts it just appeared today if its not coraline what is it?
     
    lfndust, Mar 11, 2007
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  2. glampka

    glampka Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Nope. Coralline would be pink or light purple in color.
     
    glampka, Mar 11, 2007
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  3. sssnake

    sssnake Montipora Digitata

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    Typically coralline colors are mostly pink or some other shade of red, but may also be purple, yellow, blue or gray-green.

    Can you take a pic?
     
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  4. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    The only way that coralling algae turns white, is if it is bleaching/dying or if it has a small white spot-then it is how it grows!
     
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  5. 4G1v3N

    4G1v3N Spaghetti Worm

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    sounds like pods not coraline IMO.
    -Jordan
     
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  6. crappyballer

    crappyballer Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    are they spiral in shape? if so i think they are little tube worms. also how old is your system mine is about 3 1/2 months and they just showed up in my tank about 2 weeks ago.
     
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  7. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    They may be Spirorbid worms!
     
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  8. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    These pictures are obviously HIGHLY MAGNIFIED

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  9. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Yup! Spirorbid worms!! Good to have though they deplete calcium levels as does Coralline algae!
     
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  10. lfndust

    lfndust Astrea Snail

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    thats not a picture of mine...mine looks nothing like that...

    lets see
     
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