GROWING coralean INFO ?

by **gotnohaylo** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:29 pm

My tank has been up for more then three years now an i would like to have more colors on my rocks (purple) any one have ideas ? My lighting are 3 months old now i have 65x2 30 inch lighting 2 blue 2 white.Ive used purple up an others . Any ideas ????

by **ci11337** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:40 pm

Do you have any urchins in your tank? They eat coraline. As for makeing more grow, I have no clue...

by **gotnohaylo** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:13 am

nope i have none ! my waters allways perfect i have the red sea tests for everything.if any one has ideas please post . check out my tank 2 :)

by **yoko** » Sat May 05, 2007 4:50 pm

you got to have to put hermit crabs , they will help to clean all the dirty stuff on all the rocks, give it some times and u will see the color on those livesrocks

by **gotnohaylo** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:12 pm

i have hermits!!! over 100 tiney ones and acople 20 or more middle size blue legs no joke i got them in the ocean shoures. my tanks 3 years old my lights have been upgraded resenty and still no luck with nice colors on my rocks 30 65x2 2 blues 2 whites waters allways good water changes weekly any one use any other cemickels ????? please help??????

by **MarineBiologist1933** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:03 pm

hi there, firstly in order for the coralline crustose algae you want to flourish, you need to have it present in the tank, the other replies you have been given are good, you need to keep green algae at bay inorder for the purple algae to take hold so cleanup crews are a must. Purple up i use and its doin well and my tank is brand new only a couple of weeks. stick to your parameters that you need. hope that helps or tells you something new

by **Donovan3408** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:34 am

I use B-Ionic and kents Stontium&molybdenum.

by **cbapba15** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:59 pm

USE PURPLE UP YOU WILL HAVE TONS

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:37 am

get better lights you only have 3.1 watts per gallon in your tank and by the looks of it, it is a tall so the light is having trouble getting to the bottom. but thats only one opinion

by **bdub38** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:00 am

Yeah, Purple-Up works well or any calcium based additive.

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