Coralline

[Jilly92]

Please share all your tips and secrets to getting coralline algae. Ive not tried anything yet.

 

[Timmtom49]

get a friend to scrap some off there tank and throw it into your tank

 

[Jilly92]

get a friend to scrap some off there tank and throw it into your tank

I have no aquariest friends lol

 

[ScubaFish802]

I have no aquariest friends lol

A local pet store would probably do it if you asked them to just scrape a little off the side

 

[Jilly92]

A local pet store would probably do it if you asked them to just scrape a little off the side

Good idea I might do that. So I just throw it in the tank nothing else?

 

[Ippyroy]

I got mine from snails and frags.

 

[ScubaFish802]

I got mine from snails and frags.

This is probably the best way. Then it’s already established on a rock or shell

 

[j.falk]

Astrea snail shells usually have it growing on them. Buy some of those to add to your tank.

 

[Pistondog]

Please share all your tips and secrets to getting coralline algae. Ive not tried anything yet.

One of the few times you can purchase time.
Wait a few months or spend $21 and wait a few weeks

Purple Helix Coralline Algae in a Bottle + Nitrifying Bacteria & Live Spores

ARC Reef's Purple Helix Coralline Algae in a bottle contains 7 different species of live algae spores. Seed your aquarium with epiphytic purple coralline.

arcreef.com

 

[Jilly92]

One of the few times you can purchase time.
Wait a few months or spend $21 and wait a few weeks

Purple Helix Coralline Algae in a Bottle + Nitrifying Bacteria & Live Spores

ARC Reef's Purple Helix Coralline Algae in a bottle contains 7 different species of live algae spores. Seed your aquarium with epiphytic purple coralline.

arcreef.com

I saw these and was curious, which led to making this post. I thought coralline just came with age of your tank, then seen these bottles and wondered how people were actually getting all their coralline. Do you use the whole bottle?

 

[smacbride]

You could buy a small chunk of live rock.

 

[Randallh99]

I saw these and was curious, which led to making this post. I thought coralline just came with age of your tank, then seen these bottles and wondered how people were actually getting all their coralline. Do you use the whole bottle?

Depends on the size of your tank. I have a lagoon 25 and I used one bottle. I believe 1 bottle is good enough for like 50 gallons. Any bigger and you'll need multiple bottles. I used it 6 weeks ago and nothing yet. If you read reviews on the product, a lot of users have said its taken multiple months but all of a sudden it spreads like wildfire.

 

[Pistondog]

I saw these and was curious, which led to making this post. I thought coralline just came with age of your tank, then seen these bottles and wondered how people were actually getting all their coralline. Do you use the whole bottle?

As other have said, it will eventually come in on snails or rock.
Yes, the bottle contains live spores and is only viable in the bottle for a few weeks, so use the whole thing when you get it.
Coralline requires similar conditions to easy corals.
Good light, calcium, alkalinity and some nutrients.

 

[Ippyroy]

I wouldn't buy the bottles. There really is no need for it. You will get coraline algae whether you want it or not. I used those bottles and all I got was hard green algae which is also common for other people. It is not green coraline. Two months later and coraline is finally starting to grow. The coraline on frag plugs and snails has always been there. I feel like I wasted money and time with those bottles. Just my humble opinion.

 

[WIReefer]

Time and stability, I’ve never purposely introduced it comes in on snails and frag plugs. Be careful what you wish for.

 

[GaryE]

I started a new 75 gallon tank the first week of August. I started it with dry rock. I put one small (baseball sized) piece of rock in the tank for 3 weeks from my established 75 gallon. After 3 weeks I saw small specks of purple on my dry rock, so I removed the small chunk back to the established tank. Today those small specks have doubled in size.

I'd guess the rock will be a nice purple color in a few months from now.

 

[ScubaFish802]

One of the few times you can purchase time.
Wait a few months or spend $21 and wait a few weeks

Purple Helix Coralline Algae in a Bottle + Nitrifying Bacteria & Live Spores

ARC Reef's Purple Helix Coralline Algae in a bottle contains 7 different species of live algae spores. Seed your aquarium with epiphytic purple coralline.

arcreef.com

They still advertise this as months not weeks. I believe it even says 2-4 months right on the bottle/website. $45 for two bottles or $15 for some snails I guess

 

[Pistondog]

They still advertise this as months not weeks. I believe it even says 2-4 months right on the bottle/website. $45 for two bottles or $15 for some snails I guess

It probably would've come along anyway, but not as fast. There's maybe a propagation speed difference between a few snails and a bottle of spores, if we care.
It grew coralline for me.

 

[thewalkingdad]

Try the Helix bottles and then focus on keeping your pH at around 8.3

 

[Coralsdaily]

Personally, whenever I raise my calcium lever coraline begins to pop. Also interestingly they like to grow in shaded/dimmer areas for me.