Nuclear Waste in my tank?

[Gabriel]

why are my rocks glowing orange? it wasn't there before just noticed it tonight.

i know these are the best pics but they were on the fly. plus they are a lot more neon orange than what the pics show very vibrant in real life. and is every were

[dv3]

did you add some calc or alk buffer that wasn't mixed very well ?

[Gabriel]

no. why that would glow orange under actanics?

[Fat Tony]

Its probably just another color of coralline algae

[fihsboy]

Agreed with tony, OR it could be a sponge. Either way its pretty sweet!

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by Fat Tony

Its probably just another color of coralline algae

how many colors of coralline are there? lol

Originally Posted by fihsboy

Agreed with tony, OR it could be a sponge. Either way its pretty sweet!

yea i think its cool but hope its nothing unwanted.

sponge? dont know if it would be a sponge i have had these rocks for a year and nothing sponge like grew on them. then again i have sen some strange stuff come out of my rocks.

[Fat Tony]

All sorts of colors.. red, orange, purple, lilac, green... all sorts

[cutietwo]

wow that looks interesting...doesn't look like anything dangerous.

[Staplesofficewar]

I think I want some too

[fihsboy]

I had the same type or glow in the dark corraline.......but it was green. I had green corraline all over my old rocks, it was very discouraging. It made my tank look over run with algae, when really it was corraline. Where did you get the rocks? If its from the same place as me, we have an answer.



btw, my original rock that had the green corraline like your glow in the dark orange, petco's live rock. Ive never had actinics....so it wasnt BAM like yours is, but I put a black light over my tank one night, and there was green EVERYWHERE on my rocks.

[Loverotties]

Didn't know there were reactors in Ct.

[Fat Tony]

You get alot of the reds and oranges from the caribbean cultured rock

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by Fat Tony

All sorts of colors.. red, orange, purple, lilac, green... all sorts

well i think i have every color

Originally Posted by Staplesofficewar

I think I want some too

well if i could figure out a way to harvest it ill send you some lol

Originally Posted by fihsboy

I had the same type or glow in the dark corraline.......but it was green. I had green corraline all over my old rocks, it was very discouraging. It made my tank look over run with algae, when really it was corraline. Where did you get the rocks? If its from the same place as me, we have an answer.


btw, my original rock that had the green corraline like your glow in the dark orange, petco's live rock. Ive never had actinics....so it wasnt BAM like yours is, but I put a black light over my tank one night, and there was green EVERYWHERE on my rocks.

no, i got my rock from west springfield, mass and its tongan rock

Originally Posted by Loverotties

Didn't know there were reactors in Ct.

yes, there is a reactor in CT, half the sate is powered by it. (Millstone, CT)

[ckusnierek]

It could be dying coraline (not in a bad way)

If you take a deep purple coraline covered rock and put it face down in the sand for a week or 2 then turn it over the coraline turns a very "HOT PINK" and glows just like that.

The could have been some ditritus settled on the rock and when it got blown off that's what you see.

[Fat Tony]

another good possibility Chris