Purple Live Rock Turning White

Everytime i pull a koralia out of the water for a long period when the coralline on it goes from purple to white.
Purple live rock turning white. Live rock has been in 10 days some of my live rock has gone a lovely pink purple colour but a lot of it has gone a brown colour. I have 55g tank with 75lbs of live rock with nova extreme t 5 fixtures w lunar lights. An under gravel nitrate control unit may help keep things in balance. Is that normal or is something wrong.
I ve had my tank for 2 years now and my dry rock isn t growing coralline algae. I bought 2 live rocks you should be able to pick out in the picture. I have about 4wpg over the tank. What can make purple rocks turn white.
My rocks has been purple for a good part of a year or so and the last few. Live rock live sand or a combination are used to control nitrates but live rock can turn white if nitrates are too high. So what so i need. 03 12 2002 03 04 pm 2.
Reply to this topic. I had a big tank crash a few months ago so i want to make things right before i start again. I see that this thread is very old but i would like to ask the same question. By juce23 april 9 2011 in biological filtration.
Some of the live rock had the purple coloration and some of it was just brownish colored. Not sure why the others won t turn. Oh yea the majority of rock is very purple and pink so i was able to notice the orange color. Do i need more.
I bought dry rock online and a few chunks of live rock to see from a guy in a local club. I know that the purple that happens to show up is corraline algae but don t know how to get me rocks that color. What colour should my live rock be turning. Live rock turning white help please.
Live rock turning white. That was coraline algea and its turing white because you have a new tank setup without the right levels of calcium alkalinity and magnesium. Hey guys my live rock is turning white from being red and purple. How do you get your live rock purple.
The red purple coloration is from coraline algae and the brown and stuff is just detrius material from growing bacteria and other living organisms on the rock. Treat it like a woman on her cycle. New posts search forums. Live rock turning colors.
Im not sure what part is turing white but if it was a purple like covering on some of the rook.