Deep Red Coralline or Cyano?

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  1. ducktales

    ducktales Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I've been getting more and more of these red spots all over my rocks. They're all over the places, not just in one area.

    They're deep red. At first I though it was cyano but it wasn't fuzzy or hairy.

    I took a turkey baster to it and it didn't come off. I then used a stick to poke at it and it would flake off a little if i use a little force.
     
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  2. swagger87

    swagger87 Zoanthid

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    Cyano is smooth, not hairy or fuzzy.
    If you touch it and it rubs off, its cyano. If its hard and crusty, its coralline.
     
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  3. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    Sounds like coralline. I have some of that dark type too.
     
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  4. tronb24

    tronb24 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Hard to say. A picture is worth a thousand words.
     
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  5. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    +1 on swagger87. Cyano is slimy and will blow off fairly easy. If its hard and flaking off, probably coralline.
     
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  6. anpgp

    anpgp Dragon Wrasse

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    I'm going to have to say coralline as well. At least not cyano.
     
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  7. ducktales

    ducktales Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    even coralline algae feels slimy to me, i'll try to take a picture tonight. i didn't mean to say flake off like a big flake, it just dust off like pores, after a good hard stabbing and rubbing with my stick.
     
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  8. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    It's not cyano. Cyano wil blow off with a turkey baster and it's kinda stringy.
     
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  9. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    I recently obtained a rock with some blastomus and it had red coralline on there. Now I have deep maroon coralline starting all over rocks. Awesome stuff, adds a lot of color.
     
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  10. ducktales

    ducktales Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    great. though it was cyano so i scrubbed some off with a tooth brush. it came off with a good scrubbing.
     
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