So I have the fever, The Coralline Fever. lol
I have 3 saltwater tanks, two 75 gallons run by canister filters and a 125 gallon with 55 gallon sump/fuge, My 125 is almost 4 years old, both of my 75's are over a year old, and I have yet to get coralline to grow in any of them, and they have all be seeded with coralline rocks, bottled coralline, snails and crabs with coralline, etc
I just can not get it to grow, and what makes it so strange, is my one 75 gallon bowfront that was given to me by my doctor, Was eat up with coralline when he had it, it was everywhere, but he had let the tank go and had a lot of gunk and hair algae and stuff as well, and it stunk, so when he gave it to me, I brought it home, cleaned it up, done a water change, etc, I got it looking great, it has been running for a year and all the coralline had disappeared, My lighting i am running is viparspectras and mars aquas, and the one he had on the 75 bowfront which is a Fluval.
Now in my my one tank, my 75, I figured the coralline not growing could possibly be because I do have an urchin in that tank, but what about all the others, What am I doing wrong, I seriously can not grow algae in any of my tanks, I have even tried to grow some hair algae just for my tangs to graze on and have something to nibble, I can't even grow that, my water is crystal clear, calcium usually stays around 440, my dkh normally around 12.3, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, not sure about nitrates, haven't been able to test that yet, no kit, But what could be the reason I can't get algae to grow, AT ALL.
Thanks to all who can give me some info
I have 3 saltwater tanks, two 75 gallons run by canister filters and a 125 gallon with 55 gallon sump/fuge, My 125 is almost 4 years old, both of my 75's are over a year old, and I have yet to get coralline to grow in any of them, and they have all be seeded with coralline rocks, bottled coralline, snails and crabs with coralline, etc
I just can not get it to grow, and what makes it so strange, is my one 75 gallon bowfront that was given to me by my doctor, Was eat up with coralline when he had it, it was everywhere, but he had let the tank go and had a lot of gunk and hair algae and stuff as well, and it stunk, so when he gave it to me, I brought it home, cleaned it up, done a water change, etc, I got it looking great, it has been running for a year and all the coralline had disappeared, My lighting i am running is viparspectras and mars aquas, and the one he had on the 75 bowfront which is a Fluval.
Now in my my one tank, my 75, I figured the coralline not growing could possibly be because I do have an urchin in that tank, but what about all the others, What am I doing wrong, I seriously can not grow algae in any of my tanks, I have even tried to grow some hair algae just for my tangs to graze on and have something to nibble, I can't even grow that, my water is crystal clear, calcium usually stays around 440, my dkh normally around 12.3, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, not sure about nitrates, haven't been able to test that yet, no kit, But what could be the reason I can't get algae to grow, AT ALL.
Thanks to all who can give me some info