coralline algae

Hello, Im just seeing if someone would be willing to mail me a shell or something with coralline on it. I only have a 12g Nano, so I don't need much. I don't have any friends that are in the hobby and I find it hard to justify spending a lot in the retail sector for it. If so, please let me...

So I got a 25-gallon tank with a complete setup for freshwater fish, but I want to build a reef instead. I'm looking for the most affordable options for sumps, return pumps, power heads, and what all is absolutely essential to maintain a reef. I know that sumps aren't essential, but do I still...

Here to show off! Set up this 5 gallon AIO on Tuesday, the star of the show is meant to be the macroalgae, however, it is seemingly pretty sparse. Just wait for it to fill in! There's a lot of halimeda opuntia that I trimmed down to nubs before deciding to use the left rock in this tank, so I'll...

So I had a green hair algae outbreak, then an ammonia spike, I dosed kordon AmQuelPlus ammonia detoxifier, it kills ammonia nitrite and nitrate, and chlorine. Things started to bounce back. I lost 2 cyphastrea, and a birdsnest, during that ammonia spike, it went to 0.50ppm. my xenia has been...

My tank has been set up for a month and now these purple spots started appearing on the rocks. Can it be coralline?

So I have the fever, The Coralline Fever. lol I have 3 saltwater tanks, two 75 gallons run by canister filters and a 125 gallon with 55 gallon sump/fuge, My 125 is almost 4 years old, both of my 75's are over a year old, and I have yet to get coralline to grow in any of them, and they have all...

The tank is about 4-5 months old now and I can tell that the water parameters are becoming extremely stable with no fluctuations. I am starting to see purple/pink spots all over my rocks which I assume is coralline algae. The rocks are still super green and slimy though which I was told is...

What is the darker colored algae? It won’t blast off with a turkey baster and barely wants to come off with a blade. I know we have bits of coralline but we can’t figure out what the other stuff is. Any ideas?

I have had this frag for a couple months now and it has been a lesson for me in SPS corals alone. The issues I have currently overcome are high PO4, Alk stability and lack of flow for it. So now I have good polyp extension and the flesh is iridescent, making me think it is doing well. My...

Hi everyone! I’m new to the hobby with about 4 months prep and about 4 days of actual tank. I know that coralline algae is sought after and the sign of a healthy tank and usually appears after initial algae bloom and not after 4 days. Despite this however I do have bright purple spots on some...

Hi all! Tank is about 100 days old. Within the past couple days I’ve noticed these little dots on the back of my aquarium. There’s also a couple on the powerhead and a return nozzle. It doesn’t fluoresce but it’s a solid color and looks lightly pink. Can anyone help ID? Thanks!

Hey reefers. I have a small candy cane frag with two heads. It has coralline algea growing on the plug it’s on. I am just now noticing on the places where the coralline is growing up the stalk the coral tissue is receding. The frag is doing fine and is open otherwise. Is the coralline algea...

I have regular purple coralline growing on my rocks. I also have this very light blue colored algea that looks similar and a hard green algea on some of my other rocks. Are these coralline? Also some white colored areas on my back wall. Is that the start of coralline?

Not sure if this is the right place for this question but my question is.........I have a bottle of coralline algae spores coming to seed my tank from "ADDICTIVE REEF KEEPING" online ....when i plan to seed my tank do i need to remove any of my carbon or should i turn my protein skimmer off for...

Hi all, I've set up my tank using the manufactured Real Reef brand rock - so no live rock. I've cycled using the Red Sea mature kit, I stopped using the coralline grow formulae after the first week, as I understand from my newbie research, this is essentially a feed to boost growth, and...

My gorgonians close up from time to time and shed, as is normal. Somewhat recently though, one of my gorgonians closed up and the algae that grew on its limbs is coralline algae. I typically allow nature to take its course in these situations and the gorgonian can shed the old layer and out pop...

A while ago(3-4 years ago) when I first started my tank, I used Dry rock. I never got coralline algae to grow even though my calcium is at about 400-420 and my dkh is at 10-11. I am now wondering if my dry rock is now live and how would I know if it is. I am honestly just assuming its live since...

How to Grow Coralline Algae In Your Aquarium: The Simple Truth A guide to growing attractive red, purple, and pink algae in your aquarium

I'm almost sure that my tiny (maybe red legged) hermit crabs are eating the coralline algae off my rocks. I had some nice purple patches developing on my dry rock and now they're completely white. I noticed last night that three crabs were all clustered around one little dot of purple. Also...

6 months later, my base rock is now plastered with dots of green and purple coralline algae. And to be honest I only chased after it for the aesthetics but never really thought of the benefits of it. Are the benefits purely aesthetics or something deeper? Is it indication of tank health? Do...