agreedIf you wanted to run a true experiment the frags you added will skew your results. You'll never know if the bottle worked or if spores came in on the frags...
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agreedIf you wanted to run a true experiment the frags you added will skew your results. You'll never know if the bottle worked or if spores came in on the frags...
Yeah I have been trying to raise my nitrates and phosphates. I haven't been able to get them detectable on my test kits. And Alk was 8.7 on my Hanna checker.You low nutrients but you don't want NO nutrients or it will never grow. I recommend raising nutrients to 0.10 ppm minimum phosphates and between 1-5 ppm nitrates. Also look into your alkalinity before raising pH.
Yeah I know. They were added about a month after the bottle was added. So it is skewed now, but I couldn't look at an empty tank forever lol.If you wanted to run a true experiment the frags you added will skew your results. You'll never know if the bottle worked or if spores came in on the frags...
The purpose of the pebble of coralline algae is to function as an indicator. If the pebble has faded to white, the bottle has expired. The primary inoculation method is the spores in the bottles. It typically takes 6-8 weeks for results. You will need to monitor Ca and Alk
That's great to see! Nice to see it must work for some people. Guess my parameters aren't ideal enough yet.I used purple helix in a display tank I was going to set up. It completely took over the tank after just one month, I was very pleased.
Day before adding purple helix:
After just one month:
That's great to see! Nice to see it must work for some people. Guess my parameters aren't ideal enough yet.
I tried it twice on two separate tanks. Didn't work the first time. Second time it showed up after about 2.5 monthsSo I haven't found an definitive answer on rather Coralline Algae in a Bottle works as intended. Seems split. I have seen videos and pictures saying it works so I thought I'd have my own "experiment" to see if it worked for me. I just started a new tank with reef saver rock. Everything is new inside of the tank, so no coraline at all. I have no snails with coralline either. My parameters are at the required measurements for optimal growth according to their sheet. I followed directions perfectly. I will keep this updated with new pictures as signs of coraline growth begin.
Start of test
This tank is around 97 days old. I used Coralline Algae in bottle for AlageBarn. I used dry rock as you can see in the pic. I followed the written instruction that came with alage to the letter. I also maintained the big three, Cal, Alk & Mag. I ran the lights more on the blue side and not very intense. Watch the video. It worked for me.
I guess I need a second tank.I tried it twice on two separate tanks. Didn't work the first time. Second time it showed up after about 2.5 months
Thanks for the aquascape comment.. Never have too many tanks... right....Thanks for the video. Cool aquascape by the way.
I guess I need a second tank.
Nothing's for me yet. All my parameters have been spot-on. Ph is 7.9 though. I had low phos and nitrates but I have been dosing those. I have coralline on frag plugs and snails but nothing else. I have no idea if it really works since half of the people say it worked for them and the other half say it didn't. It's also hard to tell because it could be several factors that made it not work for me. All I know is I just don't want my white rock anymore lolAny updates? Were you able to grow coralline?
Nothing's for me yet. All my parameters have been spot-on. Ph is 7.9 though. I had low phos and nitrates but I have been dosing those. I have coralline on frag plugs and snails but nothing else. I have no idea if it really works since half of the people say it worked for them and the other half say it didn't. It's also hard to tell because it could be several factors that made it not work for me. All I know is I just don't want my white rock anymore lol
I added this back in November. I'm not having the success that some of you are having. I'm wondering if I should try again or wait things out.