Coralline! Coralline! Coralline!

[wonderboy]

Hello! I recently found A snail making his rounds in my tank was completely covered in the wonderful stuff we call Coralline Algae I know some hate it but I happen to love the way it looks.

So I took the poor fella out and gently scraped his shell into A small dish filled with tank water and placed him back in his home. Then I turned off all powerheads and skimmer to, and spread the small bits of algae on my rocks.

My calcium is at 440 ppm and im using purple-up. Heres my question...

When will I start seeing Noticable growth of coralline on my rocks?



!Danke schon!

[prec]

How about your lighting regime and kH levels? and how long has your tank been running?

I noticed my coralline bloom began around 2weeks after my tank setup with 480ppm Ca and 11dkH with 2xATI AquaBlue Special and 2xATI BluePlus.

[wonderboy]

4 months old. Calcium 440, dkh 11, salinity 1.023, Temp. 79F. 8 Hour photo period, 216w T-5.

[prec]

PO4 levels? good current also stimulate their growth.

[Mez]

Coralline algae will grow in your tank with sufficient flow and water quality for suitable marine life. No need to scrape it from your snails shell.

[Kristen]

You might want to add some strotium to your water. I didn't notice any new growth in mine until I added half an ml of strotium and saw pretty purple blooming and it's now slowly but surely beginning to spread.