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So how do i get good coraline algea growth. I look at other tanks and they always have more that mine. So how do i get the good stuff?

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I believe that coralline is a calcerous algae, and a pretty one at that! High levels of calcium would be one thing I think would help promote growth.

Which brand of salt do you use, and do you add any calcium supplements? Is this a reef tank? A lot of SPS tanks have little to no coralline growth because the corals just suck all the calcium out of the water. HTH

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

I use Red Sea brand. and i was using cal. supplement till i ran out and havent bought any more. yes it is a reef tank.

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high calcium and lighting play key roles with coralline algae. i have found that my nice, beautiful purple coraline algae turned green when i put my Mh lights on the tank. my sump has a small actinic and 10k pc light on it and the coraline algae there is bright purple and flourishing. my theory is the intensity is key. there was a guy who was selling some live rock in denver that had huge amounts of coraline algae on it. something like i have never seen before. this stuff was very thick and wavy, gorgeous. the tank was a fowlr. he stated that for years all he ever used was a cheap pc 10k and actinic light. i think it was only around 100 watts or so. the tank was a 90g. seems to me if you are keeping a reef tank, you are stuck with minimal coraline algae unless there are shadows keeping your rock from baking under the bright lights.

Last edited by acei at 01-Oct-2005 00:43

you know that kind of makes sense. expecially the part about it turing bright green. I just bought a new light about 3 months ago then i started getting all this bright green stupid algea. There is really no shade in the tank. maybe im out of luck.

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