Coraline algae

[Screwgunner]

I am 5.5 months in and have one spot of coraline algae the size of a dime and growing bigger every day. And a bunch of small spots on glass . But not a thing on the rock yet. How long before it jumps to the rock.

 

[Jbell370]

As long as cal and alk are good it will happen, I hurried the process by hitting up a friend's tank and scraping a panel of glass, crushed it up in the bag and let it go in the tank.

 

[G Santana]

Stop showing off, I'm 6 months in and I can't find a spec here nor there nor anywhere.
Oh the indignity!!!
Lol

 

[Jbell370]

Stop showing off, I'm 6 months in and I can't find a spec here nor there nor anywhere.
Oh the indignity!!!
Lol

Lol, did you put anything in the tank with Coraline? I only had a couple snails and few frags with it, the scraping really helped.

 

[Jekyl]

Scraping the spots you have will help even further in spreading.

 

[G Santana]

Lol, did you put anything in the tank with Coraline? I only had a couple snails and few frags with it, the scraping really helped.

Lol I have several large snails which are encrusted with coraline algae and I dosed with a bottle of the liquid coraline.
I think the empty bottle is still laughing at me.

 

[Pistondog]

Scrape the coraline off the glass, maybe with circulation off for an hour to distribute around the tank

 

[Jbell370]

Lol I have several large snails which are encrusted with coraline algae and I dosed with a bottle of the liquid coraline.
I think the empty bottle is still laughing at me.

My snails are mostly purple, but that didn't help the back glass. It is a curse, great when it starts then a pain unless you keep up cleaning viewing panes

 

[Screwgunner]

The tank has been up for 5 months and two weeks but the rock has been in a 32 gallon trash can cycling for 4 months before I put it in. And started the tank up.

 

[Screwgunner]

The way everyone talks i do not want it to spreed. LOL

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Probably 6months with live rock and black abs bottom, the abs and all plastics have covered the quickest, over the glass and the rock..

 

[Screwgunner]

Probably 6months with live rock and black abs bottom, the abs and all plastics have covered the quickest, over the glass and the rock..

I used clear light diffuser