Round purple growth...coraline?

[Andrea Rickman]

Hi! So I've had my tank setup since February and in the last 2 months I've gotten explosive growth of what I have been told is Coraline. I have several rocks that are natural live ocean rocks but the majority are 'Real Reef' live rock that I picked up at my LFS when I initially set up the tank. None of this rock had any pink or purple tint to it except for one and now it's everywhere. It's even starting to grow on the front glass of the tank. Everything that I've read on this forum indicates that Coraline growth is a good thing but can you have too much of a good thing when it comes to this stuff?

 

[Shep]

Nope, you can't really have "too much", tank is looking really good!

 

[Andrea Rickman]

Nope, you can't really have "too much", tank is looking really good!

Thanks! It's been a huge learning curve, but I'm pretty happy with how it's coming together. Next up: switching from T5s to Programmable LEDs. I'd like to be able to program full moon cycles, etc.

 

[Andrea Rickman]

Is Coraline a food source for urchins? Just read another thread that commented something to that effect.

 

[Shep]

It can be for some

 

[tj w]

My tuxedo goes to town on my coraline

 

[Tahoe61]

Cool tank.

 

[Andrea Rickman]

My tuxedo goes to town on my coraline

I've been holding off...maybe now that I have so much coraline to offer it may finally be time to add a fun urchin. Thanks!

 

[120reefkeeper]

I've been holding off...maybe now that I have so much coraline to offer it may finally be time to add a fun urchin. Thanks!

One urchin goes a long way trust me [emoji6] . In the future if you see the need you can always add more. [emoji4]