Algae stage??

racoloish · Jul 25, 2015

Hi everyone, after a couple of month battling the hair algae problem I manage to reduced it to almost zero. So the question are:

How many stage the algae have before appearing the coralline algae on the rocks?

What type of algae is the one in the rock?

Is that algae part of the process of coralline?
Thanks in advance

twilliard · Jul 25, 2015

Due diligence and time!
Keep the nutrients down and algae picked off and in due time the coraline will grow.

Was it dried rock that you used ?

racoloish · Jul 25, 2015

It was dried rock but the tank is 1 year and a month old.

twilliard · Jul 25, 2015

Hold on (scratches his head) that picture is of a tank that is 1 year old?

Reefing Madness · Jul 25, 2015

Lighting, Phosphates, Nitrates, Magnesium, Calcium, all play a roll in Coralline Algae growth.

http://www.marinedepot.com/reef-tank-parameters.html

racoloish · Jul 25, 2015

All the parameters are great. Yes it's one year old. Only have 2 clown and some invertebrates. The rock in the left side was more tall almost 2' and block the light. I cut it a month ago and now I can see the difference. In a couple weeks will be putting some corals