Can i...?

[stillballin145]

can i speed up the process of coralline in my tank ? its a 20 long, live rock,protein skimmer,not live sand. thanks ..this place is the best

 

[catfishmike]

the only help i can give you on coralline algae is use a two part calcuim/buffer supplement.i suppose any brand will do

 

[stillballin145]

anything a bit more natural ? and if not, then how much longer do i have to wait? ive had it up for 4 weeks now

 

[catfishmike]

uh,i don't think so.it's not a matter of natural.there is nothing more unnatural than keeping a saltwater tank no the best advice i can give on those line is water quality must be a-1.coralline is hard to grow for many people .two part buffer is the only thing i have heard that helps.no secret tricks that i know of.

 

[GRaff71884]

My tank has been up for 6 months with 46lbs. of live rock and perfect water, 0's on ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, and silicate. and PH at 8.3. I just started getting coralline algae last week, so its gonna be while before you see any of that.

 

[wayne]

Keep calcium high, and too much light doesn't reputedly help. Mike Paletta reckons strontium addition helps so I'm going to try that. Note that it it'll likely take 6 months for the tank to settle down so don't worry or try to much before that.
Yes 6 months. See Eric Bornemans articles in Reef Keeping Online magazine - popular myths, part 3

 

[1979camaro]

mines been up about 8 months now, corraline really started about 5-6 months into it...i dose calcium, iodine, strontium, and molybendum and it is growing pretty quickly now...patches on the glass start as dots, grow to dime size within a few weeks, up to a quarter within a couple months...its just a matter of patience

 

[S.Reef]

Give it time, coralline algae is a very slow growing algae. It should go faster if you have a lot of light and a high PH.

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