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Hey, well its really kind of a stupid question, but its been bugging me for a while now. My tank has been doing great, all my params are better than perfect, it has been running for 3 months. my fish and corals are healthy! but the thing is i cant really see any coraline algae growing, and all of my LR has this green color! now is this normal for the LR to have this dull green color or am i having algae problems? the thing is my params are perfect.

 

Did you seed it with any coraline?
The green can also be coraline, it come in more than just purple I have a ton of green coraline in my tank

 

can you post a pic of your green coraline, i do have 3 small rocks that are covered with purple coraline that my lfs gave me

 

Turn of your skimmer and filters, and scrape some of the coraline off of those rocks. Leave the skimmer/filters off for about 2 hours after you do that

 

have you checked calcium, mag, and alk. These all need to be in balance

 

yes i have and they are perfect, i will try scraping it tomorrow

 

Hi El Silo - really good, fast coralline growth can take 2 years or more in many reef tanks
- I used Purple up whilst setting up my latest tank and did see some improved results, even then its not instant - I agree with all said by above, you need some to seed the system, and normally the plastics ( filters, P heads, pipes etc )are the 1st things to show signs of decent growth

 

To get coraline growth, the spores, need to be added to the tank, either by adding a piece of rock with coraline algae on it, or some people will just add them using purple up , mine took a couple of months to show up also, but i did have coraline on my rocks, do'nt know if all you have is green all you will get is green, may have to add some with purple not sure?

 

I was wondering the the same question lately. I am glad you posted this as I have the same situation. All parms perfect, and green. I'm gonna try that too. K+ for u.

 

Hi Guys - purple up contains NO corraline - you need some in the system and purple up being calcium/ magnesium based - just encourages development