Hello everyone so ive had my live rocks over 2 years in my tank and the Coraline algae is really starting to take over the rocks but it keeps growing on the glass as well do i have to just manually scrub it off every week and is this normal?
Coraline Algae Help
- Thread starter redwhiteandink
- Start date
- Location
- Staten Island
Normal and a good sign in my opinion. Part of General upkeep. Mean there's plenty of calcium. Could lessen if you have corals that use up calcium as well
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- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Yup normal
And a sign you calcium and magnesium are at good levels for your tank
As mentioned above Urchins are good at keeping the coraline in check
And a sign you calcium and magnesium are at good levels for your tank
As mentioned above Urchins are good at keeping the coraline in check
If calcium and alkaline are good....
Get a rock with coralline on it. Put it in small container with tank water. Scrape off as much coraline as you can with a knife, screwdriver, whatever. Turn off pumps in display tank and sprinkle the water with scraped off coraline onto rocks in display. Let sit for a while and turn the pumps back on.
- Location
- Staten Island
Urchins are also good at skewering everything in your tank. Lol
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...and slowly eating into powerhead cords.
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