Growing coralline algae
- Thread starter mqur1963
- Start date
well i see it is growing very very slow may be i have hevy bioload i feed them twice a day auto feeder and i feed them with my hand nori tottal 3 times a day i do have some rock with coraline on it but grow is very slow i do have good clean up crew mu ph is study 8.4 it never go down and calcium 500 and i am now using esv salt
- Location
- Wallington, NJ
I dont believe youre feeding that much with 0 nitrates... time for a new test kit
i just added new 90 gal tank to same system and 30% live rock with 70 % dry rock and dry sand with some live sand may be that is causing my phosphate to go .25 on my api test kit and nitreate is zero i have no brown or green algae on my glass never have to clean my tank glass even tho my tank is front of my window lots of sun
- Location
- Howell, NJ
y are you bumping the thread..... you have been told what to do to grow coraline. re-read what kathy said and when she says stable she is also talking about your cal, alk, and mag as well Temp, ph and other crucial levels. seed your tank with a piece of coraline from a fellow reefers tank and keep your levels stable and give it some time....
- Location
- Midtown East, Manhattan
make sure you have no asterinae
- Location
- Midtown East, Manhattan
Tiny starfish. Generally harmless unless the zoa eating variety, these buggers strip your rock and devoid them of coralline.
+1
This happened to me. I purchased a harlequin shrimp to eat them but once there gone you have to feed the harlequin shrimp or he will die.
I can't imagine picking them off by hand you could a lot .
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