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03/10/2006, 06:34 PM
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seeding coraline algae
hi..how do i seed my tank with coraline algae. do i just put the scrapings in the tank, or is there a specific place i should put it(high water flow). do i chop up the scrapings? thanks
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03/10/2006, 07:20 PM
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fgi258,
Coraline alge likes,high flow and low light.But just putting it in the tank should work. Clay |
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03/10/2006, 07:24 PM
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also if read that scrapeing it helps too, in mine when i scrape a spot or too off the front glasses more always seems to be back next time, i
also keep alk and calcium at proper levels, it will take off and add scraping corriline off to the chore list
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a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3 |
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03/10/2006, 09:49 PM
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try some good live rock with a lot of coralline already on it to seed your tank if you can find some near you. I also had great results with "Purple-Up" when I was getting started...now my rocks really are purple, pink, red, blue, and green!
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Please let me know when they invent the device which makes water changes unnecessary and foolish... I cant wait Current Tank Info: 72 gal mixed reef (SPS acros montis stylo miles, LPS, zoos, shrooms, clams, xenia, chili) 26 gal zoo/softies/LPS reef |
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03/10/2006, 09:58 PM
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if your going to add some live rock to seed it, check out some of the indonesia from www.reefscience.com lots of coralline in several colors, heres a pic of one of the peices in one of my threads, it looked like this from day one
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=795939
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a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3 |
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