Coraline Algae

[tim11671]

I just started a tank again after being out for a few years, i used all dry base rock, do i need to seed it with a piece of live rock to start coraline algea to grow? Also is there somewhere i can buy the small brittle star fish i used to have all over in my old tank? Thanks

 

[davocean]

Both should come over time, though some people do add coraline shavings or a piece of live rock w/ coraline to speed that up, but w/ good light and CA up it should come quick enough.

The baby britles usually get in there somehow as hitchikers

 

[Scurvy]

You can find a lot of great micro fauna at IPSF.com including micro brittle’s and Coraline. Worth a look. I was very happy with my order.

 

[jda]

Snails and crabs have it all over their shells if they are fresh from the ocean.

 

[KrisReef]

I just started a tank again after being out for a few years, i used all dry base rock, do i need to seed it with a piece of live rock to start coraline algea to grow? Also is there somewhere i can buy the small brittle star fish i used to have all over in my old tank? Thanks

Welcome Back to R2R!

 

[Saveafish]

Welcome to R2R
Don't worry about the coralline algae. It'll come fast enough. While its pretty, it also plugs up things. Making you clean pumps more and plugs up the pores of the rock for Lessing your bio-reaction, with the deep bacteria. Its a weird thing some grow it so fast its a pest. Some cant grow it.

 

[jda]

I have a love/hate relationship with coralline algae. I hate how fast it grows and how it covers everything. I love how it can show me that my building block levels are getting too high for optimum calcification when it stops growing new dots all over the front glass - it is a good litmus for calcification rates, IMO.