Join 3reef now to remove this notice and enjoy 3reef content with less ads. Log in or Sign up. Joined: Oct 30, Messages: I see all these beautiful tanks covered in purple coralline algae.
My tank has been up and running for 4 months almost and there's non signs of it anywhere. My tank has lots of life including pods bristle worms. My fish are very healthy and my corals are doing great as well. What type of light are you using? The water current generated by the powerhead will spread the coralline scrapings throughout the tank where they will continue to grow.
After an hour or so, turn the skimmers and filters back on. As with other forms of algae, coralline algae requires light. Exactly how much or little light is required for optimum growth varies with the types of coralline algae. Some prefer higher lighting, while others prefer low lighting. Aquarists have found that as their tank lights get older and the spectrum and intensity fades, their coralline algae growth increases. However, these growths died off in the well-lit areas and increase in the lower lit and shaded areas of the tank when the lights were replaced.
What type of lighting is best? There is no single answer. Some types of coralline algae will grow better under certain lighting, while other types will grow better under different lighting. For the most part, it seems that coralline will grow under minimal reef type lighting. While lighting is important, maintaining excellent water quality might be the biggest factor in growing a good crop of coralline algae. Thanks Alaskan reefer, Hey are you living anywere near juneau, skagwayor ketchikan, I will be on a cruise on sept 2 and if possible I wpould like to see your tank, let me know if it is possible.
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Find More Posts by caribngg. Find More Posts by andyrm The more Coralline Algae species present in your reef aquarium means that more will be growing in your aquarium. Growing Coralline Algae is super simple once you know the tricks to it, but depending on the method, Coralline Algae will grow at different rates. For instance, if you are focusing on trying the bottled spore method, it will depend on the manufacturer and how well that bottle was treated during transportation.
It can also depend on the conditions of your reef tank. How is the light? What spectrum color are you using? What are the Calcium Carbonate levels of your reef tank? These things will help to determine the rate of your Coralline algae growth. However, on average, you can expect to see growth between weeks from when you began seeding.
Play around with the lighting to see what might benefit the Coralline Algae but make the adjustments slowly so as not to stress your creatures, coral, or algae in your aquarium. You can try to encourage Coralline Algae growth by turning off your filters and skimmers once the Coralline Algae have been introduced. Keep your powerheads running while you carefully scrape off bits of the Coralline Algae into the tank.
The powerheads should mix the water up and spread the Coralline Algae throughout your tank. These scrapings will take to different parts of your tank and continue to grow. Remember to turn your back on when some time has elapsed! What might be even easier is if you are able to remove the live rock that has the algae growing on it, you will be able to more easily scrape the algae pieces.
Now your tank is properly seeded with the various algae spores. You might have even been able to see how quickly the Coralline Algae spores spread through the tank after they were placed in front of the powerhead. That depends as the different Coralline in bottle products can vary as much as individual tanks can. What that means is that your best friends might have had great success with their algae in a bottle, while your reef tank might not tank to it at all.
If you are dead set on getting your Coralline Algae to grow, the bottled spores might be a great backup plan but using spores from live rock or an active community is your best bet for results. Like other kinds of algae, Coralline Alage does need light in order to thrive, but how much light it needs will vary depending on the specific species of Coralline Algae.
The first thing that you should always check is to see if the water parameters are within acceptable ranges. If they are off, the algae and the other organisms in your tank will have adverse effects.
If the water quality is off, begin to remedy it and save your community of Coralline Algae encrusted live rock in your reef tank. If your water parameters appear fine, it might be caused by the lighting in your reef aquarium. Coralline is distinct from other algae due to its encrusting nature and pleasant color. It is able to do this with Calcium to aid in the encrusting process and light to facilitate the color. If your algae are turning white, the most probable answer is due to light shock.
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