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CaribSea Purple Up Coralline Algae Accelerator 16oz
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Purple Up 16 oz by Caribsea. Encourages and accelerates the growth of desirable purple and pink coralline algae
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Great Product
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Performs as advertised, Good stuff.
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| Liked about it |
It took a little bit up raised the calcium level in the tank and help promote the growth of coraline algea.
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took a while.
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3.5 |
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4.0 |
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3.0 |
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works as it should
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I was pretty skeptical about this when I started using it but it actually works very well. I myself stick to a smaller dosage because it's easy to overdose on calcium but this works quite well I must say.
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Does what it says it will
Easy to use formula
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| Didn't like |
does leave a bit of a residue on the bottle around the lid and clouds the water a bit as others mentioned but that doesn't last long and the end results are good.
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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overly worth the money
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this product is very strong, raises calcium like no other
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| Liked about it |
you can actually make a paste then brush it on live rock to make coraline algae spread faster
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purple up must be regulated closley, the ca levels will spike suddenly when using this product be sure to test ca levels alot.
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4.5 |
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5.0 |
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4.0 |
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Works for me
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I have been using Purple Up for a long time and I do like the results
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| Liked about it |
Easy to use
Great results
Affordable
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Make sure you shake until the ball breaks loose.
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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Better then expected. I honestly thought is was a
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I picked this up at the LFS for around $14. You can get it cheaper online but consider the shipping costs as well. If you have a 55 gallon or less aquarium 1 bottle should do the trick if you follow the directions. Well worth the money and really easy to use and the liquid form is a plus for me.
I think the most important thing to remember is that you must already have coralline in the tank!
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| Liked about it |
1. Very easy to use.
2. Simple directions.
3. Does what it says it will do.
4. Has iodine in it so that was one less thing I had to dose. (I still monitored levels)
I don't find this product to be a miracle additive but I feel that it did make a difference in my tank for the last 3 months, especially on the rock that has direct light on it. My hermits and snails now have coralline growing on them and the rock is really coming alive. The sand has it and it is pretty much everywhere now. I started with bare bone rocks with some rubble that had coralline on it as well as some live sand. It will not happen over night but I honestly believe that it made a difference. Other calcium products I have used in the past just did not produce results like this.
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| Didn't like |
Only a couple of things I did not like about this product. The residue it leaves on the bottle if you spill it is pretty sticky. The cloudy water did not really bother me because I dosed it at night when the lights are off. I also felt it messed with my pH levels a bit. They got a little crazy at first but settled down, nothing drastic but a noticeable change. The last thing is I wish it came with some kind of dispenser other then the cap. I used a syringe that comes with liquid baby aspirin and that way I felt it was more accurate.
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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Premix with water change water!
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Either add it to you sump in a high flow area, or premix it in your water change water because it can cloud up your main display with it does not mix thoroughly.
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| Liked about it |
Creates the correct balance for optimal coralline growth.
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I would love to see a published scientific experiment to back up their claims, but for now I'll go on hobbyist's opinions.
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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Purple up
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I liked this product a lot because I saw a noticeable growth in coralline algae
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| Liked about it |
Coralline growth
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| Didn't like |
Made my water very cloudy
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3.5 |
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4.0 |
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3.0 |
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If you want to coraline algae started... here you
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Great product if you want more purple in your tank. I think that it may have helped my SPS grow a bit as well. |
| Liked about it |
Really helped my coraline boom. Now that I've got it going I won't need to buy anymore.
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Made the water cloudy for 1 hour.
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4.5 |
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4.0 |
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5.0 |
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CaribSea Purple Up Coralline Algae Accelerator 16o
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Would recommend this to everyone that's wants "purple" rock. |
| Liked about it |
I was very skeptical about this at first, but after one week of use, there is Coraline Algae all over the place. Now I can hardly keep up with scraping the glass. Where there was just plain white rock a week ago, it's nice and purple covered rock.
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Works a little too good.
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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It works
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After using purple up for one week, I have noticed coraline growth. I am already scrapping it off of the back glass. It clouds the water, but it goes away quickly. Just remember to shake the bottle well before using it.
When using this product, you should also be testing Calcium levels. It is very easy to "over-dose" the system. |
| Liked about it |
Easy to use
One part additive
Works very quickly
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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Purple Up
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Before I used Purple up, I had very little color and then after a couple of weeks of using it, I had coralline EVERYWHERE! I have a hard time keeping up scraping the glass. |
| Liked about it |
Really works.
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Works a little too well.
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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coraline explosion
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This product is absolutely amazing. I had a 20g that i was not getting very good coraline growth with. i used this product for just a couple of days and the coraline took off. with only 1ml needed per 10g this one bottle will go a very long way. especially if you don't have any corals using up the calcium. it will make your water cloudy for about an hour after dosing but theyre isn't any long term adverse reactions that i've seen in using it for nearly 3 months. it doesn't come with a flup top lid and pouring out only 2Ml for my 20g was impossible so i got a syringe to use to measure out the proper dose. |
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coraline growth as advertised, affordable price
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no flip top lid
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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