Transplant Coraline??

[Jholli90]

I currently have a 90 gallon. I have been on the hunt for a larger tank and may have found one. But I have a dilemma....

My entire back wall is completely covered in Coraline. I almost don't want to upgrade because of losing all that growth. Can I scrap it off and seed the new tank? Would my new tank be a complete mess and spike parameters from dying coralline? Should I suck it up and consider it a loss?

 

[Barrnone]

You can definately seed the tank with scrapings. Its almost inevitable that coralline will be introduced into the tank. Seeding will speed the process up.

 

[sfin52]

Scraps the back wall add sw to a blender and drop in coraline pour into new tank.

 

[Katrina71]

Rub an empty snail shell on it and scrape that over your new rock. Always works.

 

[Jholli90]

Scraps the back wall add sw to a blender and drop in coraline pour into new tank.

Thank you! Very easy method.
Now I just have to hope it likes the new tank just as much.

 

[andrewkw]

You might be surprised how much better your tank will look without the coraline on the back. As already mentioned above you can scrape some off and transplant it, but a clean back will make just about every single tank look better. If you look at "TOTM" quality tanks, yes they have tons of corals, big pieces ect but they pretty much all also have clean glass.

 

[sfin52]

You might be surprised how much better your tank will look without the coraline on the back. As already mentioned above you can scrape some off and transplant it, but a clean back will make just about every single tank look better. If you look at "TOTM" quality tanks, yes they have tons of corals, big pieces ect but they pretty much all also have clean glass.

I let the sides and back go for all my snails, seahare and other critters to eat.

 

[Jholli90]

You might be surprised how much better your tank will look without the coraline on the back. As already mentioned above you can scrape some off and transplant it, but a clean back will make just about every single tank look better. If you look at "TOTM" quality tanks, yes they have tons of corals, big pieces ect but they pretty much all also have clean glass.

I don't think it's very pretty, but I read about its many benefits so decided to keep it.

 

[andrewkw]

I don't think it's very pretty, but I read about its many benefits so decided to keep it.

Unless you have urchins or something else that needs coralline you don’t need to keep it on your glass. Most people eventually get lazy. I have a ton in some of my tanks but my main display I scrape even if it means I have to knock some corals off in the process.

While having coraline is generally a sign of a healthy tank and having it grow is almost always a good sign, I don’t think there would be any benefit to having it on the glass unless you were feeding something. You will still have tons on the rocks ect.

 

[Jholli90]

Unless you have urchins or something else that needs coralline you don’t need to keep it on your glass. Most people eventually get lazy. I have a ton in some of my tanks but my main display I scrape even if it means I have to knock some corals off in the process.

While having coraline is generally a sign of a healthy tank and having it grow is almost always a good sign, I don’t think there would be any benefit to having it on the glass unless you were feeding something. You will still have tons on the rocks ect.

I have a tuxedo urchin who munches on it constantly. Knock on wood, but I don't have any other algae in my tank

 

[motortrendz]

I give coraline scrapings to all my local newbies. I scrape the glass of coraline while siphoning and put it in a container for them to seed their tank. It's worked in every one so far for adding pink and purple coraline.