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01-12-2008, 09:58 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Gainesville
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Purple UP
Has anyone heard or used this stuff? it is used to increase coralline algae .... it is not a fertilizer .. its made by Carib Sea... I just bought it yesterday i recently started a 55 gal and have had live sand in the tank for about 2 weeks and i am slowly getting live rock... the chick at the fish store told me she put a cap a day in her 90 and it did make a huge difference, i was wondering the long term effects.. i don't like to put chemicals in my tank but i don't have any inhabitants in the tank yet so i figured it wouldn't hurt anything now but i also don't want it to effect me down the road when i do get fish and corals
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01-12-2008, 10:09 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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As long as you do your WC and keep your water Parameters up,you don't need it.If you use it make shure you do your tests and your not over doseing your tank.
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01-12-2008, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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It's a calcium supplement that's sometimes used. Most people have had good success with it, but also consider it to be rather expensive for what it did. There are less expensive ways to add calcium and alkalinity to the tank. Do search for 2 part additives and also kalkwasser (pickling lime). If you are a bit handy, you can use common grocery items to make these things.
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01-12-2008, 10:53 AM
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Pinch That Penny
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Redmond Oregon
Posts: 2,148
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purple up = expensive. 2 part solutions = driveway de-icer and baking soda
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01-12-2008, 11:08 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 283
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luvmylo
purple up = expensive. 2 part solutions = driveway de-icer and baking soda
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oooooh .... home made chemistry stuff ... does homeland security know about this? 
how about reef builder? ... any good? difference between it and dkh up?
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01-12-2008, 12:03 PM
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Carpe Noctem
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
Posts: 5,423
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More voodoo products marketed toward newer reefers 
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01-12-2008, 12:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 283
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A more usefull comment ... Mr. Spock?
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01-12-2008, 01:10 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: nashville
Posts: 948
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purple up cost about 20 dollars a bottle hear
If you buy 20 dollars worth of 2 part solution You will have enouph for a long time.
In my opinion COROLINE ALGEA IS OVER RATED
you always want it till you have it .then you spend the rest of your life scraping it off.
I bought a bottle and didnt like how it clouded up my water and freaked out my fish
I guess if i ever run out of 2 part ill use it.
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01-12-2008, 01:13 PM
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So Where Is "Dimples"???
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tellycoleman
purple up cost about 20 dollars a bottle hear
If you buy 20 dollars worth of 2 part solution You will have enouph for a long time.
In my opinion COROLINE ALGEA IS OVER RATED
you always want it till you have it .then you spend the rest of your life scraping it off.
I bought a bottle and didnt like how it clouded up my water and freaked out my fish
I guess if i ever run out of 2 part ill use it.
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Well said...it looks nice on rockwork...but you'll cuss like a sailor getting it off the glass!
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01-12-2008, 02:22 PM
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Still Here, But Gone
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: The Wal-Mart State
Posts: 1,916
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purple up is just a money thing..it does NOT contain corraline alge & it states that in small text somewhere on the bottle.. 
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