Coralline algae NEVER grows in my tank - Page 2

clevername · 02/13/2019, 11:07 AM

is no one going to point out his post "Alk prwtty stable at 8-10"

Thats NOT stable! not even close!

murphreef · 02/13/2019, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by clevername2000

is no one going to point out his post "Alk prwtty stable at 8-10"

Thats NOT stable! not even close!

Agreed I always keep my alk between 8.0 - 8.4 dkh in my tank if my alk swung between 8 and 10 my corals would not be happy at all.

Boochika · 02/13/2019, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brian3

Mine was not growing until I lowered my LED light intensity dramatically from 50% to 30%. Hard corals have more color and are growing great now at the lower lighting as well.

I suspect this is my issue as well. The small amount of coralline in my tank is almost white.

What kind of light do you have?

murphreef · 02/13/2019, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Boochika

I suspect this is my issue as well. The small amount of coralline in my tank is almost white.

What kind of light do you have?

I know this was not in regards to me but I dont think light is your issue.

On my small tank I run a Radion XR15 G4 PRO @ 100% 12" above my tank and my coraline grows like crazy..... I used to run a 250W Halide before switching to LED and coraline was fine too.

It all comes down to water chemistry and stability

Boochika · 02/13/2019, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by murphreef

I know this was not in regards to me but I dont think light is your issue.

On my small tank I run a Radion XR15 G4 PRO @ 100% 12" above my tank and my coraline grows like crazy..... I used to run a 250W Halide before switching to LED and coraline was fine too.

It all comes down to water chemistry and stability

Thanks Murph for the input. I'm trying to still get it dialed in so I'm sure you're right. What is the definition of stability for each parameter?

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murphreef · 02/13/2019, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Boochika

Thanks Murph for the input. I'm trying to still get it dialed in so I'm sure you're right. What is the definition of stability for each parameter?

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Man that's a tough one to be honest....

I feel like alk swings are huge and if you have excessive nutrients that really hampers coraline growth as well.

Try to keep you alk in control.... Like I said I have a doser for my tank and it stays in the low 8's.... I check my alk every other day to adjust dosing as needed (if needed).

Keeping things stable is really key in this hobby. Each tank is slightly different in terms of what is stable. For me I aim for Alk in the 8's, Calcium in the low 400s, Mag anything over 1300 and salinity of 1.025

To maintain stability I use an auto top off and a dosing system.... That way my doser doses my tank 4X's daily (every 8 hours) keeps things very stable and corals love stability.

Hows your nutrients? Do you have any nuisance algae?

Boochika · 02/13/2019, 02:44 PM

I had some really bad algae a while back but it's all gone now. My nutrients are super low. No trave of nitrate and .034 phosphate.

I have ATO and my alk is always 8.2-8.8.

I think my rocks just need to be cleaned.

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murphreef · 02/13/2019, 02:50 PM

Yea it seems tanks that are started with really healthy live rock get the best algae results the fastest.... but along with live rock comes hitch hickers and other nuisance things

Do your rocks have slime on them

Boochika · 02/13/2019, 02:52 PM

Ya a little bit of gunk all over them. Clean up crew slowly taking it off. It's clear and just a film but left over from algae outbreak I think.

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brian3 · 02/13/2019, 06:30 PM

I use the 32" reefbreeders photon gen 1 now. Never had any luck growing coralline with 250W 10k or 14k MH lighting either, only thing that helped for me was lowering the intensity of the LED lighting and it colored up my hard corals and accelerated growth as well. I have an automatic water changer that does change about 2% of the water per day and that has not changed and I have always used the same salt, IO.

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Originally Posted by Boochika

I suspect this is my issue as well. The small amount of coralline in my tank is almost white.

What kind of light do you have?

fernalfer · 02/15/2019, 02:10 PM

I'm growing corraline in a 20 gallon with a HOB filter and a $60 led light from my local fish store

sde1500 · 02/15/2019, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by clevername2000

is no one going to point out his post "Alk prwtty stable at 8-10"

Thats NOT stable! not even close!

We could, but this user flamed out in a heap of drama some months back, so providing any advice to them would be quite pointless lol

Fourstars · 02/15/2019, 03:19 PM

I pointed that out for the record. Got to watch out for these dead zombie posts this ones almost a year old!

02/13/2019, 02:44 PM	#32
Boochika Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: San Diego Posts: 264	I had some really bad algae a while back but it's all gone now. My nutrients are super low. No trave of nitrate and .034 phosphate. I have ATO and my alk is always 8.2-8.8. I think my rocks just need to be cleaned. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk __________________ Tunze 9410 Skimmer, Syncra Silent 4.0, Herbie method (Bottom Drilled), 30 gallon sump. Anyone know about assessor fish? Seems cool but I haven't seen much about them on the forum Current Tank Info: 80 gallon simple set up with sump filtration

02/13/2019, 02:50 PM	#33
murphreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: simi valley Posts: 3,208	Yea it seems tanks that are started with really healthy live rock get the best algae results the fastest.... but along with live rock comes hitch hickers and other nuisance things Do your rocks have slime on them __________________ Justin Current Tank Info: 25G cube (finally back in the hobby in a small way)

02/13/2019, 02:52 PM	#34
Boochika Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: San Diego Posts: 264	Ya a little bit of gunk all over them. Clean up crew slowly taking it off. It's clear and just a film but left over from algae outbreak I think. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk __________________ Tunze 9410 Skimmer, Syncra Silent 4.0, Herbie method (Bottom Drilled), 30 gallon sump. Anyone know about assessor fish? Seems cool but I haven't seen much about them on the forum Current Tank Info: 80 gallon simple set up with sump filtration

02/13/2019, 11:07 AM	#26
clevername Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manchester, MO Posts: 1,125	is no one going to point out his post "Alk prwtty stable at 8-10" Thats NOT stable! not even close!

02/15/2019, 02:10 PM	#36
fernalfer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 553	I'm growing corraline in a 20 gallon with a HOB filter and a $60 led light from my local fish store

02/15/2019, 03:19 PM	#38
Fourstars Registered Member. Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Third rock Posts: 291	I pointed that out for the record. Got to watch out for these dead zombie posts this ones almost a year old!