So much coraline algae!

[Jonathan veillette]

My Vortech gets fully encrusted in coraline algae every few months. It Literally cakes up and prevents good flow. anyone else having this awful issue?

 

[tehmadreefer]

That's is a lot lol!

 

[Mastiffsrule]

That’s crazy. Almost look like paint.what are you dosing? Look awesome

 

[Hermie]

That’s crazy. Almost look like paint.what are you dosing?

paint lol

 

[Jonathan veillette]

Daily 10ml dose of Sherwin-Williams purple magic.

 

[Hermie]

Daily 10ml dose of Sherwin-Williams purple magic.

dang, is that spot dose or broadcast?

 

[scriptmonkey]

Coralline Algae is highly overrated!

 

[clm65]

Looks awesome! I haven't got a bit of coraline algae. What are your water parameters?

 

[NY_Sea]

Please share the secret to rock that purple! Wish i had that probLem.

 

[Reefer_Rob]

Please share the secret to rock that purple! Wish i had that probLem.

What he said

 

[AndrewB]

I thought mine was bad. Those spin streams I have didn't stand a chance. Every other day I have to "unfreeze" them. I gave up on the back wall, you can see some on the glass that didn't get scraped last week or 2. I don't really mind it, I wish I had more than just that purple though.

 

[AndrewB]

I thought mine was bad. Those spin streams I have didn't stand a chance. Every other day I have to "unfreeze" them. I gave up on the back wall, you can see some on the glass that didn't get scraped last week or 2. I don't really mind it, I wish I had more than just that purple though.

 

[russell13]

Are you running kalkwasser???

 

[Jonathan veillette]

BI-monthly home depot bucket water changes. Red sea blue bucket
Alk - ranges from 7.5 to 8.5 dkh
Calcium is always around - 450
N03 - near 0
P04 - near 0
Temp 80-82.

I dose B-ionic A+B and that's it. I've Been using the product for over 15 years on Multiple reefs.

 

[n21benson]

Please share the secret to rock that purple! Wish i had that probLem.

x 2 !!

 

[ddrueckh]

BI-monthly home depot bucket water changes. Red sea blue bucket
Alk - ranges from 7.5 to 8.5 dkh
Calcium is always around - 450
N03 - near 0
P04 - near 0
Temp 80-82.

I dose B-ionic A+B and that's it. I've Been using the product for over 15 years on Multiple reefs.

What about Mag?

 

[Ranjib]

Wow.. it looks awesome. The tank itself is gorgous, the ricordia garden, zoas all looks stunning. Love to read through your build thread

Does the coralline impacts the coral growth anyway. I'm curious about its impact on calcium as well.
I think I have seen one particular thread here where the coralline growth was crazy that he had to take down the tank, it was also flaky with monti cap like thickness. I dont think yours is that type. Its prettier

 

[EW_Fish]

I would not want that at all. Good for a few reasons but still a no for me

 

[AZMSGT]

Could be worse, the only thing giving my tank color is the lights..

 

[krash7172]

I have coraline but it doesn't get thick enough to cause a problem. I personally like it.