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05-15-2008, 08:05 AM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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My tank has been running for 8 weeks now and i have coral algae all over the powerheads and ocean rock that i added to the tank amnongst other colours, i have not added anything to the tank, not even done a water change yet and i filled it with tap water doh....so far it's looking great though.. _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | 
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05-15-2008, 08:10 AM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2007
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I got my lr at the lfs and who know what kind of rock they gave me. I took the one piece out because it looked like a lava rock. I will get my reading today. I got the kits to test my levels.
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30gal, Ro/Di water, Icecap 250watt 1400k metal halide, AquaC remora skimmer, 2 maxi jet 900 with mods, 65lb lr, 15lb ls, maroon clownfish, green mandarin dragonette, yellow tip damsel, bubble tip anenome, 4 hermit crabs, 4 snails | |
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05-15-2008, 10:45 AM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Ph=8.2
Calcium=500ppm
Magnesium=1350 | |
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05-15-2008, 10:58 AM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2007
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So how do I get coralline algae? What about using purple up? Seems like I need algae for it to work. | |
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05-15-2008, 11:55 AM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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best bet at this point is probably just patience you cant really force coralline to grow, can just give it the best possible environment to flourish in once it does grow _________ 
24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 40# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Kenya Tree, Frogspawn, Xenia, Shrooms, Green Candy Cane, Duncans
Blue/Green Chromis, 2x Black & White Percs, Dragon Goby, Six Line Wrasse, Mandarin Dragonette
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05-15-2008, 12:20 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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I would just be patient with it, don't use that purple up crap or any other "miracle" cures. If you keep good water quality you should have no problem. Some things you should be testing for:
Ph
Phosphate
Mg
Calcium
nitrate
nitrite
ammonia
alkalinity
I use Elos test kits, they are pricey but are also lab-grade quality, well worth it IMO. I also use Epsom salt to boost my mg and it works great, never harmed salinity a single bit I don't know where that theory came from. _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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05-16-2008, 09:05 AM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2007
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If there is no coralline algae in my tank to start with will it still start to grow or do I need a lr with it on it? | |
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05-16-2008, 09:19 AM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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seeding with good coraline LR isnt a bad idea | |
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05-17-2008, 01:03 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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You will start seeing speckles of coraline algae first appear on live rock and on your powerheads too after about 4/6 weeks, pristine water, calcium in the water & lighting is all that is needed... | |
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