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Pink on my LR

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:27 pm
by xrayjeeper83
I think Bacon is trying to decorate. Ive noticed all these little pink dots showing up on my dry rock. What is it?

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Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:29 pm
by J-P
coralline algae ... great stuff! Let it grow!!

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:32 pm
by xrayjeeper83
oh sweet. I didnt think thats what it was cause I was under the impression that that stuff took a long time to start to grow

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:48 pm
by J-P
it is a forum ... you get what you pay for... but my rock did something similar.

From the pics is it immature, but if it turns out not to be.. then my friend, I am in the same boat as you are in.

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:57 pm
by xrayjeeper83
would be cool if all my rocks turned pink in bacons tank LOL

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:47 pm
by sevenyearnight
xrayjeeper83 wrote:would be cool if all my rocks turned pink in bacons tank LOL
+1

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:48 am
by J-P
where is the live rock from (the real live rock)?

It may appear pink now because the base rock is so white. Eventually I'd expect it to go purple (Fiji) or red (Indo).

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:21 pm
by sevenyearnight
They're bacon bits!

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:25 pm
by xrayjeeper83
The real LR is Fiji. It has some green and pink on it too, just easier to take a pic of the pink on white rock

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:26 pm
by Nuclear_Glitter
This is why SW is so cool lol.

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:30 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Nuclear_Glitter wrote:This is why SW is so cool lol.

agreed, kinda wish I had gotten some hitchhickers

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:38 pm
by Nuclear_Glitter
xrayjeeper83 wrote:
Nuclear_Glitter wrote:This is why SW is so cool lol.

agreed, kinda wish I had gotten some hitchhickers
I plan to go SW one day and I always fear hitchhickers. I am so terrified I will get some horrible thing that just rips a finger off.

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:40 pm
by pufferfreak
Nuclear_Glitter wrote:
xrayjeeper83 wrote:
Nuclear_Glitter wrote:This is why SW is so cool lol.

agreed, kinda wish I had gotten some hitchhickers
I plan to go SW one day and I always fear hitchhickers. I am so terrified I will get some horrible thing that just rips a finger off.
The worst I've ever gotten are bristleworms and emerald crabs. Aside from that, the hitchhikers tend to be beneficial.

Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:37 am
by Lola
I acquired a giant orange fireworm with one exceptionally 'live' batch of live rock. I did something funny to the water chemistry and it came out of its hole and started thrashing around. Scared the bejesus out of me! : )

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Re: Pink on my LR

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:05 pm
by jus85411
you probably got some hitchhikers you just dont know it lol. i have only ever gotten bristleworms that i know of. i literally had hundreds of them. i saw them all when my heater malfunctioned and shocked my tank killing everything off. all bristleworms, snails etc came to the surface of the substrate and i couldnt believe how much i had in my tank