Red stuff

[butwa20]

Ok so my salinity was off so I did a 10 gallon water change with rodi water from the Lfs today right after I noticed a red fosfloresent fluid coming from one side of my tank does any one know what this is???

[LuckySingh]

red fluid???or its a red slimy algae

[butwa20]

No it was literally like some put red food coloring in my tank but just in one spot of the tank

[profntbtr]

do you have a sea hare?

[butwa20]

Nope only thing that was in the area was a green monti

[justahobby]

I'm stumped. Water contaminate? How does your tank look now? Running carbon?

[Louis]

I once saw a bristle worm spawning event. These things spew out red/pink gametes that cloud up the water pretty well. Only reddish liquid I've ever seen in a tank.

[justahobby]

That sounds cool. I've seen them spawn, but it is white.

Here's a link to someone witnessing pink bristleworm stuff:
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/photography/21027-bristleworm-spawning.html

[LuckySingh]

red fuid is something else...i dnt know if its beacuse of spawning....i suggest to run carbon and check ur water parameters...if everything seems happy i wouldnt worry....
the reason i asked for the red slimy algae is because sometimes when u scrape that or its growing infront of the high flow area it does seems like redish fluid in that particular area..

[butwa20]

sorry been busy yes i am running carbon. it only happened when i poured the fresh water into the tank maybe i ****ed something off and it thought it was dying so it spawned to preserve? i dont know

[cowboy572]

I have been told to play it safe when doing fresh water top off is to do it in your sump, not in your display tank.

[BSJF]

Do you have any red macro algae?