Kinda odd finding

[Doherty]

Hey guys, I been around for a while but never personally seen this was looking for thought and input.

Was doing a bit of regular Maintenance on my MP 10, was starting to get built up with purple coraline algae so I decided to give it a vinegar bath to clean it up a bit before I go on vacation.

I gave it a bit of scrubbing with a brush, and took off most of the visible purple coraline and threw it back in..... and this is what I’m seeing.

 

[Doherty]

I really bright orange/red flourescnese .....
Never seen this before, and def was not looking like that prior to the cleaning.

Nothing else in the tank throwing off that color either.

 

[Chris A.]

That’s the now dead coraline bleaching out

 

[dilligaf29]

+1 looks like dead coralline bleaching out .be careful with the vinegar bath on the wet side . it will compromise the magnet to rust .when i do mine i just do the basket

 

[Doherty]

Huh..... guess I have always done a better job removing it completely.

With all the years I’ve been in the hobby... never seen it.

 

[Doherty]

be careful with the vinegar bath on the wet side . it will compromise the magnet to rust .when i do mine i just do the basket

Def won’t throw it in next time. TY

 

[Andy V]

If you call Ecotech directly, they will give you the recommended cleaning procedure. If I remember correctly, the procedure is a one-hour soak of the wet-side in a 1/10 vinegar HOT water solution. It works quite well and will not harm the wet-side.