Green Coralline

[tgfrench]

I've just got up and running good. (I hope anyway). I know there are many different colors of Coralline and each tends to grow under specific conditions. My agrocrete is just beginning to show some coralline growth on it and it has a nice green color. Not much purple of any kind except on my acrylic overflow box. So does this indicate that I'm running at extremely low light levels or what. Tank is set up as in my sig.

terry

 

[Anonymous]

I've just got up and running good. (I hope anyway). I know there are many different colors of Coralline and each tends to grow under specific conditions. My agrocrete is just beginning to show some coralline growth on it and it has a nice green color. Not much purple of any kind except on my acrylic overflow box. So does this indicate that I'm running at extremely low light levels or what. Tank is set up as in my sig.

terry

At roughly 3W per gl you're on the low side for a reef tank. Different species of coralline algae grow at different rates and remember most coralline algae prefer lower light areas.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Blazin__]

i also found that it grows well in high flow areas too