No Coralline Algae

[AlexDm]

My tank is around 8 years old and when I first started it within a year I started to get coralline algae growing nicely and pink and then my tank went through some ups and downs, but now I just realized after all these years I don’t have any coralline algae on my rocks at all or anywhere, is that fine ? Should I introduce it?

 

[Sam7]

Do you have urchins if so maybe they ate it

 

[AlexDm]

Do you have urchins if so maybe they ate it

No I do not

 

[Sam7]

Hmm got any pictures of your tank

 

[Sam7]

whats all your water parameters??

 

[NanoSteam]

If it all died because of those issues you've had and you haven't introduced any new coral/inverts or something that can carry Coralline on it then you likely don't have it present in the tank. That's my theory at least.

 

[AlexDm]

Hmm got any pictures of your tank

Good morning, I will take some pictures once the lights are on the shortly, my water parameters are ideally according to the person who tested my water a couple days ago

 

[AlexDm]

If it all died because of those issues you've had and you haven't introduced any new coral/inverts or something that can carry Coralline on it then you likely don't have it present in the tank. That's my theory at least.

Could be the case tbh I was thinking of this possibility but I did add frags and stuff many times with coralline

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

maine sure you’re kh is in an ideal range

 

[exnisstech]

I rarely grow the purple pinkish Coraline. I only have a few spots on the back wall in my SPS tank and sticks are growing great so parameters should be good for coraline.

 

[AlexDm]

Hmm got any pictures of your tank

A bit cloudy because of a new goby

 

[Sam7]

It looks like you may have some on your gyre pumps but maybe im seeing something else. Are you sure you ALk and lighting are sufficient......maybe you do need to seed it but i never have

 

[AlexDm]

It looks like you may have some on your gyre pumps but maybe im seeing something else. Are you sure you ALk and lighting are sufficient......maybe you do need to seed it but i never have

I will test my ALK in that case

 

[v!kas]

why bother adding anything if your tank is doing good