Beside being pretty, is there any uses for coraline?

slevesque · 09/01/2006, 07:04 PM

is there? I'm not asking this in a negative way, was just curious.

King-Kong · 09/01/2006, 07:27 PM

In the past (right now im nuissance algae free), nuissane algae's have NOT taken hold where my corraline had grown.

I guess it denies an area for potential nuissance algae to take a hold of.

alde · 09/01/2006, 07:35 PM

It is also a good indicator of tank health and very natural looking. Like Kong said, if you have good coraline growth the bad algea will generally not grow.

graveyardworm · 09/01/2006, 07:39 PM

Coraline like any algae utilizes nitrates for growth.

silverwolf72 · 09/01/2006, 09:38 PM

It helps to add low oxygen areas for denitrifing bacteria in your rocks.

PatrickJ · 09/01/2006, 10:33 PM

Surface area for bacteria to grow on.

Everything else people said is good too.

ACBlinky · 09/01/2006, 10:49 PM

It's a good indicator of appropriate Ca, Mg and alk levels, but I can't stand the way it looks on the glass and I could easily live without purple rocks. To me coralline has only one redeeming quality -- if there's coralline on the rockwork, it provides a constant food supply for my urchin

jiggy · 09/01/2006, 11:09 PM

coraline on glass looks awesome

slevesque · 09/02/2006, 11:08 AM

Many good things about coraline then, great.

I really hate to see it on glass though. It breaks the depth of field.

STEELERFAN747 · 09/02/2006, 01:15 PM

It's a good indicator of appropriate Ca, Mg and alk levels, but I can't stand the way it looks on the glass and I could easily live without purple rocks.

I can live with out it on my glass, but purple and pink rocks look awesome. A whole lot beeter than colorless plain grey.

09/01/2006, 07:04 PM	#1
slevesque Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 377	Beside being pretty, is there any uses for coraline? is there? I'm not asking this in a negative way, was just curious. __________________ Stephane Levesque The Shrimp Guy! Current Tank Info: 55 + 20L

09/01/2006, 07:35 PM	#3
alde Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Bremerton, Washington Posts: 1,354	It is also a good indicator of tank health and very natural looking. Like Kong said, if you have good coraline growth the bad algea will generally not grow. __________________ Al No animals were harmed in the typing of this post. "You can tune a guitar, but you can't tune a fish". Current Tank Info: 120 SPS running 2 400 watt ReefOptic 14k's on IceCap Electronic ballasts, Euroreef ES8-2 and closed loop.

09/01/2006, 07:39 PM	#4
graveyardworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nottingham, NH Posts: 7,251	Coraline like any algae utilizes nitrates for growth. __________________ -David- President - New Hampshire Reef Club There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave Current Tank Info: 100 gal lagoon/seagrass, 100 gal sump, Lifereef 72" skimmer, 180 inwall, 125 inwall seagrass/lagoon in progress

09/01/2006, 10:33 PM	#6
PatrickJ Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Luling, La Posts: 587	Surface area for bacteria to grow on. Everything else people said is good too. __________________ I skim wet, therefore I am. Current Tank Info: 120 Monster

09/01/2006, 10:49 PM	#7
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	It's a good indicator of appropriate Ca, Mg and alk levels, but I can't stand the way it looks on the glass and I could easily live without purple rocks. To me coralline has only one redeeming quality -- if there's coralline on the rockwork, it provides a constant food supply for my urchin __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

09/01/2006, 07:27 PM	#2
King-Kong Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 2,346	In the past (right now im nuissance algae free), nuissane algae's have NOT taken hold where my corraline had grown. I guess it denies an area for potential nuissance algae to take a hold of.

09/01/2006, 09:38 PM	#5
silverwolf72 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lake Forrest CA Posts: 1,732	It helps to add low oxygen areas for denitrifing bacteria in your rocks.

09/01/2006, 11:09 PM	#8
jiggy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ZOO JERSEY Posts: 774	coraline on glass looks awesome

09/02/2006, 11:08 AM	#9
slevesque Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 377	Many good things about coraline then, great. I really hate to see it on glass though. It breaks the depth of field. __________________ Stephane Levesque The Shrimp Guy! Current Tank Info: 55 + 20L

09/02/2006, 01:15 PM	#10
STEELERFAN747 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Miami Fl. Posts: 1,252	It's a good indicator of appropriate Ca, Mg and alk levels, but I can't stand the way it looks on the glass and I could easily live without purple rocks. I can live with out it on my glass, but purple and pink rocks look awesome. A whole lot beeter than colorless plain grey. __________________ First they said "practice makes perfect", then they told me "nobody's perfect", so I just stopped practicing. Current Tank Info: 46g, 22" rimless starphire ReefSavvy cube, Speedwave DC 790 return pump, Custom acrylic sump/fuge, set of Tunze 6055 PH's with multi controller 7095, Cadlights PLS-100 skimmer, Apex controller, Tunze osmolator & Maxspect Razor 120w led light fixture