Benefit to coraline algae?

[thesoulpatch]

I have a ton of it and with this social distancing i started peeling and breaking a bunch off of my back wall. Is there a benefit to having it or not having it? i like it since i can break a bunch off and in turn it frags my monti that is encrusting on my back wall...so plus or minus of doing so?

 

[The cats wrasse]

take all this as hupla b.c i dont know the science behind coraline) idk if any nominal difference i mean it is an "algae" and will consume calcium and probably other trace elements but if your talking about just is it bad? nah ...most scrape it off the glass quite often so it doesn't get in the way of viewing the tank

 

[brandon429]

Coralline repels algae anchoring, it also leaves a nice depositional record of your calcium and alk consistency when no white banding exists. it is also street cred. coralline is also the universal proofer for cycles: any surface underwater long enough to dot in coralline is cycled for nitrifiers, and can’t work in the opposite direction (new coralline never manifests before nitrification ability) It’s part of visual cycling life forms we can use to replace test kits.

the presence of coralline turns all stuck cycle threads into no longer stuck, quit relying on api.

it beckons coral larva to attach for growth via chemosignaling so caking your whole reef in reproductive stimulants must be good and very 1997. I’m not impressed by systems lacking coralline you should have to shave it like a five o clock shadow in the reefs that work best.

 

[X-37B]

Coralline repels algae anchoring, it also leaves a nice depositional record of your calcium and alk consistency when no white banding exists. it is also street cred. coralline is also the universal proofer for cycles: any surface underwater long enough to dot in coralline is cycled for nitrifiers, and can’t work in the opposite direction (new coralline never manifests before nitrification ability) It’s part of visual cycling life forms we can use to replace test kits.

the presence of coralline turns all stuck cycle threads into no longer stuck, quit relying on api.

it beckons coral larva to attach for growth via chemosignaling so caking your whole reef in reproductive stimulants must be good and very 1997. I’m not impressed by systems lacking coralline you should have to shave it like a five o clock shadow in the reefs that work best.

Agree! I have to scrape it off my front and side glass weekly.
Its a sign of a healthy tank.

 

[Zeal]

I have a healthy tank and for the life of me wont grow. I have tried every thing in the book and still wont grow.........

 

[brandon429]

That’s a man beard of a reef above. ever since moving off power compacts mine won’t grow not sure why