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04-12-2005, 04:44 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ,New_Jersey
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 |  purple up?
Has anyone used a product called Purple Up by Carib Sea? Its to achieve coraline growth. I was debating on this product or the 2 part B-ionic. Feed back would be great. Thanxs , Danny
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10/26/04:72 bow w/160lbs Fiji Rock, 2-250w MH, 2 96w 03 PC, 4 lunar lights,150 gal. wet/dry filter with built in protein skimmer,4-620 seio,1 Aquaclear 201 power head.100lbs of live sand,9w Turbo Twist. | 
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04-12-2005, 06:02 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ,New_Jersey
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| Re: purple up?
Does anyone have any opinions? | |
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04-12-2005, 06:53 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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| Re: purple up?
First get a good Alkaline & Calcium test kit and test first and then I would go the B-Ionic route if your calcium is low JMO ............... John
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04-12-2005, 09:51 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: purple up?
I use B=Ionic and Kalk, I have beautiful purple rocks 
LIke Fletch says, good Alk and Calcium testing is paramount. _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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04-12-2005, 10:20 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: purple up?
I use just Kalk and am really getting tired of scrapping the stuff of the glass. But each time I do I get new sheets of purple pink covering the rocks. Does anyone know of a good razor type scraper blade that will do good on acrylic tanks. I have used a razor and just scratch the s### out of the tank. I have 2 of the magnet pads but they are a lot of work and I end up getting in there up to my armpit with a white pad cleaning the purple off.
Jay
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Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. | |
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04-13-2005, 07:20 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida Age: 34
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| Re: purple up?
Jay, the kalk youy are using do you use a drip or do you mix it in with your water changes? _________ "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"
Albert Einstein
125 G reef ready. 3 175W MH XM 15K bulbs two VHO 10000k, Berlin turbo skimmer, 18W turbo twist UV, DIY Refugium and sump, Little Giant 3-MDQX-SC, 3 MAXIJET 1200 with mod kit and 1 900gph. 1/3 horse chiller, I have a false yellow, damsel, percula clown, Mushrooms and a bubble tip anenome and Live Rock | |
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04-13-2005, 09:39 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: purple up?
Jay, try an old credit card. I would not use any type of razor on acrylic.
Chetrod, Kalk really should be dripped in or used in an auto top off type set up. I would not pour Kalk in any real amounts. It's pH is 12 and too much at once could cause calcium to precipitate out of the water. | |
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04-13-2005, 02:20 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ,New_Jersey
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| Re: purple up?
fletch What do u suggest for test kit on alk & cal? | |
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04-13-2005, 03:06 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
  | Re: purple up?
Hello I read this and the "Coraline changing colors" thread and Fast Life your really, REALLY have to test for Cal and Alk in a reef tank. I use the aquarium pham. kits but am planning to switch to the seachem kits when I get around to mail ordering them. As far a purple up your better off with one of the 2-part system. Like Seachem, ESV, or the Two Little Fish buffer. Any all in one product is going to waste alot of the product when it glues its self into Calcium Carbonate in the water | |
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04-13-2005, 03:07 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
| Re: purple up?
Also your can use the 2-part system without the pH swings you get from using Kalk. | |
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