What do I need to do to get coralline algae to grow like this?

[Jeremy Lain]

What do I need to do to get coralline algae to grow like this?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Be patient and have decent water and light.

 

[MTBake]

Stable parameters and time. Correct lighting helps also.

 

[Katrina71]

Scrape a snail or crab shell that has it. Put scrapings in the tank.

 

[Reeferdood]

Correct ratios of Calcium, alkalinity and magnesium along with the right spectrum and par of lighting and it will take off.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

And then, if all goes well, you’ll get very tired of scraping it off the glass and powerheads.

 

[Jeremy Lain]

Scrape a snail or crab shell that has it. Put scrapings in the tank.

I have done this, I scraped some off of a snail and a frag plug.

 

[jdpeters]

My tank is 2.5 years old and barely has any. I have never tested cal all mag cause I have mostly softies and a few large euphylia. Maybe I need to buy those test kits

 

[Katrina71]

And then, if all goes well, you’ll get very tired of scraping it off the glass and powerheads.

Speaking of...can you take over? My arm is tired.

 

[Katrina71]

My tank is 2.5 years old and barely has any. I have never tested cal all mag cause I have mostly softies and a few large euphylia. Maybe I need to buy those test kits

Or count yourself lucky!

 

[Jeremy Lain]

Correct ratios of Calcium, alkalinity and magnesium along with the right spectrum and par of lighting and it will take off.

I have these levels calcium 420, DKH 9, and Magnesium 1320, it has been this way for about two weeks and I haven't seen much change in the reef tank.

What kind of spectrum does coralline algae need. I will post a picture of my reef tank, can someone tell me if the spectrum looks right?

I have a par of about 150 In the middle of the tank. I found this chart on the internet for corals what par levels do you think coralline algae to grow?

How Much Light?
Different Corals Need Different Light
Corals Par Value
Low Light Mushrooms, Zooanthids, 50-100
Soft Corals

Medium Light LPS, Clams, Some SPS 100- 200


High Light Acropora, Montipora, SPS 200- 500

 

[Crabs McJones]

Be patient and have decent water and light.

Stable parameters and time. Correct lighting helps also.

This. Patients is the key to the kingdom. I didn't have coralline for almost 2 years, and then one day it exploded, my whole back wall and bottom are covered

 

[Reeferdood]

I have these levels calcium 420, DKH 9, and Magnesium 1320, it has been this way for about to weeks and I haven't seen much change in the reef tank.

What kind of spectrum does coralline algae need. I will post a picture of my reef tank, can someone tell me if the spectrum looks right?



I have a par of about 150 In the middle of the tank. I found this chart on the internet for corals what par levels do you think coralline algae to grow?

More of the bluer spectrum helps. Also, if you have a friend that has it in their tank you can seed your tank with some flakes from their system.

 

[Cnidoblast]

dosing calcium acetate caused a massive coraline explosion for me

 

[coral49]

be careful what you wish for.. it does become very tire some to clean.

 

[Jeremy Lain]

More of the bluer spectrum helps. Also, if you have a friend that has it in their tank you can seed your tank with some flakes from their system.

I have put some in there. Do you know if it is possible for coralline algae to grow without putting it in the tank?

 

[Crabs McJones]

I have put some in there. Do you know if it is possible for coralline algae to grow without putting it in the tank?

It has to be introduced to the tank somehow, whether it come in on a frag plug, or a snail or invert, or on live rock.

 

[Jeremy Lain]

This. Patients is the key to the kingdom. I didn't have coralline for almost 2 years, and then one day it exploded, my whole back wall and bottom are covered

I guess I should stop staring at my reef tank then! Haha :/

 

[dantimdad]

I rarely tested anything in the past and always had tons of coralline. Usually about the 6 month mark it took off like a bandit.

The key is deep blue and purple light along with a seed rock or scrapings IME.

 

[AlexStinson]

This is just one of those things that really takes off all the sudden. You may go a year or two with no coralline, then in 6 months you have it plating off the glass like tiny montiporas.