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Originally Posted by target001  just a quick Q before i goto work
does coraline require light to grow or does light reverse the process and kill it off slowely?
i think i read somewhere that it doesnt require light to grow but im not sure where.
im havin a bit of trouble keeping my coraline on the top side of my rocks bright in colour it seems tobe slowely bleaching and i dont have any corals yet so theres nothnig to shade the coraline if thats what it requires.
thnx in advance |
Corallines require low light in the 430 Nu range thats why it always starts in the lower portions of a new tank.. What corallines do require is pristine water parameters.. Its a coral not an algae really one of the oldest corals know older then the Blue ridge species.. Get the Calcium Dkh and magnesium up to proper levels and you will see it take off. Thats all the purple up stuff is just basic elements that most wash out of new aragonite sand (: where do you ran your levels at ?
Ca 450
Dkh 12
Mag 1400 And when it takes hold it will strip the water fast so you have to keep adding more and more of the needed elements what was enough last month won't be enough next month is what most overlook until it turns white and flakes off.