Coraline Algae

[Josh Candiotti]

What is the best way to premote coraline algae?

[rogergolf66]

maintain Alk, Cal, mag and lighting consistancy and it will grow like crazy.

dose 2 part is the cheepest way.

Roger

[Josh Candiotti]

What is the best way do this even if it is expensive

[smalls383]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13577242#post13577242 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Josh Candiotti
What is the best way do this even if it is expensive

Get yourself a time machine and go in the future exactly 2 years....you will have plenty of purple in your tank.

Or you could just maintain your calc, alk, and mag and it will come with time.....and keep up on the water changes to replenish your elements

[Josh Candiotti]

Do I Need Any Equpitment I Meant. Like A calcium reactor? Because I haven't added any calcium t0 the tank so what should
I buy to add it

[Josh Candiotti]

Does salt have calcium in it?

[dots]

Coralline is imported on your liverock and many times shelled animals.

Coralline Algae comes in all shades from light green to dark purple.

Use this time to get familliar with water testing, creating maintenance schedules, and stabilizing the system.

You should buy a quality test kit of Alk and Ca, (that is assuming you already have Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate....etc.)

Most salts for a newly established tank should have enough to get you going, but you will need to choose a supplementation scheme, (read the articles within the link at the top of the Chem forum).

By the time you have mastered this, you will have your algae and will be ready for you next challenges.

[dots]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13577483#post13577483 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Josh Candiotti
Does salt have calcium in it?

Start with the top article and don't stop until you hit the bottom. Then read them again......

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605

(Yes, synthetic salt mixes have among other things.....Calcium.)

[Josh Candiotti]

Ok Thanks

[returnofsid]

READ READ READ....Do what you read...next thing you know, you'll be scraping coralline off your front glass and cussing that you ever wanted it.

[Ryan45]

I wish I could give you some of mine, I need to scrap the glass weekly to keep it clean.

[Josh Candiotti]

Wouldn't purchasing an urchin cure that for you?

[Punikin]

I have had excellent results, twice, with Purple Up. It's an additive, mainly calcium I think, that made all my rocks bright purple in a month. That is after a year with barely any color at all.