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09-28-2006, 07:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: oregon
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Purple Up
Has anyone evr used or heard of Purple up by carib sea its a coraline booster just wondered what peoples opinions were.
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09-28-2006, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NW
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I know of many people who like it, but also know that simply sustaining your calcium levels no matter how you do it will make the coralline grow just fine.
Ive never heard anything specifically negative about it.
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09-28-2006, 07:32 PM
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Lights are off up here :D
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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its good and works will give your coraline a big boost. in my nano cube i had it set up for 6 months and did not get any major coraline but on my 60 gallon i got only 2 months after setting it up and using purple up it had more coraline. which reminds me i have to get a new bottle because i just got a 100 gallon
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09-28-2006, 08:53 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 3,449
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makes the tank extremely cloudy....raises calcium!!!
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300 Gallon Mixed Reef
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& Now 75 Reef at work
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09-29-2006, 10:07 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: oregon
Posts: 111
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Does the cloudiness dissapate
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09-29-2006, 10:16 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Denham Springs, LA
Posts: 18,733
Reviews: 21
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Don't need it, I know alot of people that used it and have never heard of any problems, They came out with a new bufferPlus, raises Alkalinity and contains Calcium, I know a few using it and also like it. I am affaid to use it. LOL, Too many additives on the market, 99 % not needed and alot that can give you troubles down the road
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09-29-2006, 08:45 PM
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clown fishy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: sunny southern california
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combi- the coralline in my nano never reallyl grew, then i got my 125 and the coralline grew over everything. i think its a different thing here.
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09-29-2006, 09:11 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: May 2006
Location: kettering,oh.
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i used purple up and it gave me a ph problem now i use kent tech cb  |
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09-29-2006, 10:06 PM
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Human grounding probe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 1,896
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I wish they'd make PURPLE STOP. I am tired of scrapin it off my glass.
Keeping you calc & alk up and keeping your phos @ 0 will grow coralline out the ying yang.
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Bare Bottom and hate it!!!! 
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09-29-2006, 10:25 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 3,449
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whats the best way to keep the phosphates down???I think mine is a little high???
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300 Gallon Mixed Reef
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10-08-2006, 10:54 AM
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Mommy Mod
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: down the street and around the corner from Dimples
Posts: 5,291
Reviews: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hendersonracing
whats the best way to keep the phosphates down???I think mine is a little high???
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bump...
i'd like an answer to that if anyone has one :0)
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10-08-2006, 10:59 AM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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Best way to keep Pho down is to never introduce it,use good water source with no pho in it.Do Wcs with good water.
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10-08-2006, 12:09 PM
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Lights are off up here :D
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,550
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ditto
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10-08-2006, 03:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SF Bay Area, CA
Posts: 430
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just use b-ionic.. it'll do the same thing. 
best way to get you phos down is get a phosban reactor. All you need is the reactor tube, a small 80gph pump, some 1/2 tubing, and one 130g bottle of phosban.. very easy to assemble and get going.. a great $60 investment... I got all the stuff for mine at marinedepot. |
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