corraline algae

ofblong · Sep 5, 2008

I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not only do I have a rock that is almost 100% purple its growing on my ph's, overflow box, powerheads, return pump, skimmer, and refugium. what the heck this stuff just wont stop growing.

paintballer768 · Sep 5, 2008

ofblong said:
I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not only do I have a rock that is almost 100% purple its growing on my ph's, overflow box, powerheads, return pump, skimmer, and refugium. what the heck this stuff just wont stop growing.

Hahah, Ive never really seen anyone hate coralline before. I mean scraping it off my acrylic tank....yea its a pain in the butt. I dont mind if it grows on the rocks. The back of my tank is basically purple though, no lie. Maybe like 10% of it is the original black.

Weird thing is, my tank was normal for like 6 months, then it exploded.

ofblong · Sep 5, 2008

paintballer768 said:
Hahah, Ive never really seen anyone hate coralline before. I mean scraping it off my acrylic tank....yea its a pain in the butt. I dont mind if it grows on the rocks. The back of my tank is basically purple though, no lie. Maybe like 10% of it is the original black.

Weird thing is, my tank was normal for like 6 months, then it exploded.

mines only been running since like July 22nd.

Preston · Sep 5, 2008

How good are they? I've read somewhere that they consumer up calcium, so the more you have the more you'll have to dose. Just wondering why more people don't scrap them off of the back of the tank?

EliteReefs · Sep 5, 2008

corline has always been a problem for me. Like you i can set up a tank and in a week it will start showing up. in a month it will be on everything. I put new power heads in the tank last wed and today they are almost fully covered.

I love coralline BUT i love it on my rocks not everything else. the only way i have been able to keep it away is by keeping a good cleaning schedule.

Lytehouse · Sep 5, 2008

Great to find this,

Any idea what to do when it grows and begins to choke a coral??????

EliteReefs · Sep 5, 2008

Lytehouse said:
Great to find this,

Any idea what to do when it grows and begins to choke a coral??????

never had that become a problem before unless the coral was dead

Azurel · Sep 5, 2008

I wish I could get some to grow......

Garth Schafluetzel · Sep 5, 2008

me to mine never seems to grow i have some on my rocks and a couple spots on my overflow box and thats it lol

fishes2889 · Sep 5, 2008

I love corraline, makes my zoa's grow faster....

smoother surface....

ofblong · Sep 5, 2008

fishes2889 said:
I love corraline, makes my zoa's grow faster.... smoother surface....

lol

all I can say is I have done 1 water change since I started this tank. Bout to do another here soon. I just dont feel like having to scrape it off EVERYTHING here soon. Dont have a problem with it on the back glass and rocks but when it starts growing on the pumps....

As for using calcium that it does. That is why I am surprised its growing SO fast considering the lack of water changes. I just recently checked my calcium and it is still in normal ranges. So my guess is the salt I use is higher than normal with calcium. The other option could be because of the fishbowl innovations moonlighting or the pro-blue t-5's. I dont think its growing because of the 250w 14,000k HQI.

paintballer768 · Sep 5, 2008

The pumps and magfloats and such are inevitable. My magfloat is bright pink, how lovely

ahayes13 · Sep 5, 2008

i still dont have any coraline growth.

reef-lover · Sep 5, 2008

I hate corraline, I've actually had it encrust over zoas and kill them. no matter my cleaning schedule, it just seems to try and cover over everything...