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is the arc reef coralline algae in a bottle worth it? or is there something else?
Snake oil.is the arc reef coralline algae in a bottle worth it? or is there something else?
Plus 1Go to any LFS or fellow reefer that has a reef tank and ask him to 1 dead snail shell from their system with coraline on it. That's all you need to seed your tank. The bottled stuff doesn't work.
Snake oil.
ARC Reef worked for me as well when I started my tank. It takes a few weeks but you will start seeing Coraline algae patches all over your tank.
In my opinion Purple Up is just additives as stated on the bottle
Accelerates desirable pink and purple coralline algae growth
Raises calcium, iodine and other trace elements essential in reef aquariums
As far as getting coralline to grow you do need some spores or scrapping and water that favors its growth. Light is just one of the issues as to why some tanks have it, and in some tanks, it just wont grow. Usually if you want it to grow on rocks, it will grow on your glass. If you dont want it, it will grow everywhere. Murphy's law.
I tried both the purple and pink strain bottles.... so $40 worth. 6 months later and I still have no coralline.
If coraline is not naturally occurring in your system I would wonder what else are you missing. It's just something that happens always in a reef tank at one extent or another.
Understood, but this is just a jumpstart to get it seeded quicker in some cases...
Everyone saying you can't seed your tank with a free snail is 100% wrong. I start every tank with dead rock after a bleach and muriatic acid bath. I add 1 piece of LR and a couple snail shells and my tank had coraline all over the place in months.
Put the snail shell or coraline flake in a high flow area and it will seed the tank in weeks... it will be everywhere.