How do I get purple coraline?

[20 gallon nano]

I've had a tank for almost a year now, all my peraminter are normal but I have no success on getting purple coraline on my rocks.I've added chemicles to boost it and still nothing. Can anyone tell me how they got it on there rocks?

 

[EDO]

get some scrapings from someone.

 

[20 gallon nano]

I tried that. I got some corals with rocks that had purple coraline on them , I scrapped them and dumped the scrapings through out the aquarium. This was couple months ago and still nothing.

 

[spspirate]

Your system needs to be seeded. Magnesium needs to be at appropriate levels 1350-1500ppm. Not too bright of light and a source of blue spectrum. Id add a rock with coralline on it to the system and position it in a area where the rock will get good flow.

 

[twilliard]

I've had a tank for almost a year now, all my peraminter are normal but I have no success on getting purple coraline on my rocks.I've added chemicles to boost it and still nothing. Can anyone tell me how they got it on there rocks?

As stated it needs to be introduced.
once going it will not stop.
I haven't tested magnesium in months so recommend numbers are unknown.

 

[Just say n2o]

I've had pretty good luck starting with a live rock already seeded with some purple coraline and daily treating with Purpleup

 

[ReefMadScientist]

I would agree with the above. "Seeding" the tank with clean/established live rock will speed up the process very quickly.

 

[kenzo]

I've had a tank for almost a year now, all my peraminter are normal but I have no success on getting purple coraline on my rocks.I've added chemicles to boost it and still nothing. Can anyone tell me how they got it on there rocks?

I bought a small rock covered in purple coraline algae. Turned off all my pumps for except the circulation pumps and scrape some of the coraline algae off the rock in to the water flow. I know some people hate purple up but I used it and got good results. But I did water changes every week since I don't have a sump and I only added purple up just a capful for my 56g once a week.

 

[20 gallon nano]

I bought a small rock covered in purple coraline algae. Turned off all my pumps for except the circulation pumps and scrape some of the coraline algae off the rock in to the water flow. I know some people hate purple up but I used it and got good results. But I did water changes every week since I don't have a sump and I only added purple up just a capful for my 56g once a week.

I will try that. Do you check your magnisium levels? I don't have a test kit for that yet but I will eventually get one.

 

[Noremac]

I scraped a small patch off a rock with coraline on it, and seeded my tank that way. By "Small" I mean it was about the size of a dime. 3 days later I noticed patches throughout the tank. Im going to scrape a couple more patches tonight and see if I can get it to take off on the back wall where I really want it.

My magnesium levels are maintained at 1400ppm
Calcium at 415ppm
Alkalinity at 10 dkh
I know it doesnt affect coraline growth, but nitrates have settled out at 5ppm.

One place I have noticed extremely fast growth of coraline is on the shells of my snails of all places..

 

[kenzo]

I will try that. Do you check your magnisium levels? I don't have a test kit for that yet but I will eventually get one.

I don't really check magnesium levels

 

[20 gallon nano]

I crushed up a dime sized rock with purple corilline on it and added corilline purple-cx (corilline booster) while my pumps were off. I will see what happens.

 

[20 gallon nano]

Not getting any results. So you had it growing after two days? What's the usual growth rate of the purple corilline?

 

[kenzo]

Not getting any results. So you had it growing after two days? What's the usual growth rate of the purple corilline?

No it doesn't grow in two days unless you already had it in that spot. It will take little longer like a week

 

[barbazoid]

Time.... 2 years in and finally got some

 

[hart24601]

Few things I have noticed about coralline in my tanks. It doesn't like bright light, it grows better with higher alk (10dkh or so) and it also likes higher magnesium levels (nothing outside of norm, just higher). In my high PAR LED light tank it really only grows well in the shade.

 

[peter fumo]

Following

 

[cginter]

Easiest way to do so is by adding a rock with coralline already on it.

 

[reefndude]

Grows like mad on my glass and pumps...not so much on rocks.

Wish it would just dissapear

 

[20 gallon nano]

Few things I have noticed about coralline in my tanks. It doesn't like bright light, it grows better with higher alk (10dkh or so) and it also likes higher magnesium levels (nothing outside of norm, just higher). In my high PAR LED light tank it really only grows well in the shade.

I run a 4 bulb t5 lighting 8 hours a day. Is that too much to grow corilline? Anyone want to donate any live rock with corilline?