Coralline growth

Flatlander · 10-31-2003, 07:42 PM

Here,s how to grow coralline.

Flatlander · 10-31-2003, 07:43 PM

Reefdude5 · 10-31-2003, 08:26 PM

Dear lord! What Ca supplement do you use?

Doug1 · 10-31-2003, 09:26 PM

thats a lotta purple

tkjeffrey · 10-31-2003, 09:47 PM

tell me your secret!!

thefatman · 11-01-2003, 09:45 AM

Flatlander · 11-01-2003, 09:51 AM

Just the usual. All evaporation water is kalk replaced and I run a large single stage calcium reactor.

The lighting helped I think. It started to really grow under the 400w Radium/pulse start combos. {at least they grow something,

}. I also added 4-110w vho bulbs for awile, which really seemed to promote it.

Just running Iwasaki bulbs and normal actinics now, so will see how it progresses.

In a smaller tank, I still find one of the two part supplements, {I prefer C-Balance or B-Ionic}, to be one of the best coralline promoters.

Geoff · 11-01-2003, 10:56 AM

me thinks it just grows better in Canada!

G~

MontanaRocknReefer · 11-01-2003, 11:03 AM

Doug would you ship some of that purple corralline to me!!!

Flatlander · 11-01-2003, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff
me thinks it just grows better in Canada!
G~

perhaps

To bad it would not last going across the border Johnny. I can scrape "slabs" from the back glass.

Tell ya one thing. Cant run without a reactor. {tried} Even with only soft corals, kalk additions would not keep up to the calcium demand of the coralline. And I would go broke using a 2-part or something.