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12-06-2006, 06:26 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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|  Normal? Coralline algae growing on snails??
It is normal to see coralline algae growing on your snails or is there something way off balance in my tank? I just have a basic water test kit from Red Sea so I am unable to test or Calcium, phosphate....etc.  _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | 
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12-06-2006, 06:34 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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It's perfectly normal  | 
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12-06-2006, 06:48 AM
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| | Feather Duster
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Hey it's good to see coraline on snail.  Certainly better than hair algae. Actually when my tank was first cycling
my turbos got some hair algae on them. It was pretty comical. A couple of them
we named superfly. The algae fro was twice the size of the snail. When they got close to a CL outlet, they would get blown around the tank.  After a while I did pull the algae off. Any way Better to have coraline than nusance algae.
Scott
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12-06-2006, 09:55 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Thank god! I thought I had something wrong with the water. | |
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12-06-2006, 10:20 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Coralline growin on snails will help facilitate the spread of coralline. It's a good thing.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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12-06-2006, 02:58 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Keep it growing!!!! Adds a lot of beautiful greens, pinks, reds and purples to your rock and snails!!!!!!!!! Perfectly normal-calcium and strontium levels must be ideal... _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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12-06-2006, 06:14 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oak Park, Illinois
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While using PurpleUp, my turbos turned purple with coraline algae. It was awesome!
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37 Gallon marine tank. 20 lbs. live sand, a few pieces of live rock. TidePool 125 gallon filter, Coralife Super Skimmer, Coralife combo lighting (acitinic, 50/50, 10K (65 watt)), standard in tank heater.
1X Percula Clownfish
1X Purple Tang
1X Pebbled Butterfly
6X Conical shaped snails
3X Blue Leg Hermit Crab
4X Cerith snails
1X Sand Sifting Conch
1X Flower Anemone
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12-06-2006, 06:42 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Originally Posted by jasond56  While using PurpleUp, my turbos turned purple with coraline algae. It was awesome! | I actually started half the recomended doses of PurpleUp yesterday. I already had some coralline algae growing so I thought this would help. Little afraid to put full dose in.  | |
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12-06-2006, 06:46 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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| szidls
I would guess that is a picture of your tank szidls. What is the name of the pink coral towards the top of your avatar. It is beautiful. | |
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12-06-2006, 07:01 PM
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| | Feather Duster
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Otty, The top coral is a montipora capricornis. It is a red orange color but my pic isn't the best. Thanks for the compliment.
Scott | |
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