Good Coraline or just clay.

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  1. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    I got some Fiji rock from a LFS and the guy swore up and down that this was coraline algae. When I got it home and under my lights I was unsure. I can scrape it off with my fingernail and it has the texture of wet clay when scraped. Let me know what you think.

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    bama, Oct 27, 2010
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  2. inwall75

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    If you can scrape it off with your fingernails, and it feels like wet clay, I'm sorry to tell you this.....but it's clay. You and/or your store got ripped off.
     
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    Man I'd be raisin' hell with my LFS if he tried to pull some $%*t like that with me!!!!
     
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  4. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Does not look like coralline to me. Looks like clay. Me I would remove the rock.
     
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  5. ReefBruh

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    His mama named him Clay, Imma call him Clay.
     
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  6. ezz1r

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    No pun intended but looks fiishy......
     
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  7. FaceOfDeceit

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    Looks like good ol' Carolina clay. I'd remove it as well, take it to the LFS and throw it at em.
     
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  8. ReefBruh

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  9. gabbagabbawill

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    doesn't look like coralline to me either... does it have ANY other life on it? b/c it looks like dry rock with something stuck on it... and it's very unlikely that it would have coralline if it had nothing else growing on it...
     
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  10. bama

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    I took it back to him and he let me pick a bigger rock that I liked and while going through them he also just gave me a nice looking flat piece about 3# for free.. All for $10. I cannot complain and will definitely shop there again.
     
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