LR and Coraline algea

[tsuyoshi]

I only have about thirty pounds of rock in my tank, as I am working with a very small system (29 gal.-though i think i'm going to a 90 or 100 after the holidays!) the first fifteen lbs. i got from a friend (who has since left the state) and it is lovely! the rest of the rock i picked up later and it was rather unimpressive. can i promote the spread of the pretty coraline to the ugly rock and, if so, how?

-J

 

[szidls]

Just aquascape the new and old together and the corraline will spread .
Scott

 

[Elmo18]

Yes, and monitor your Alkalinity and Calcium(although coralline will spread even with mediocre calcium levels). Depressed alkalinity, however, will stunt coralline algae growth.

Best,
Ilham

 

[tsuyoshi]

easy enough. thanks guys!

 

[Krish]

Good luck! Coraline will spread in time everywhere. Nothing to worry about. Best of luck!

 

[snobanker]

An urchin will really help it to spread rapidly as well, as long as the above mentioned params are in line...GL

 

[tsuyoshi]

well, i've been curious about urchins for a while, but wasn't sure how it would go with everything else, or if it would survive.

you mentioned depressed alkalinity. where-abouts should that be for proper encouragement of the algae?

 

[Krish]

Here is an old thread of mine where coraline is discussed a bit. You could just skip through some of the posts where we went way off topic.(LOL) It may be a little helpful to you concerning coraline...

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10310

 

[tsuyoshi]

definately informative (and certainly rambly )

my tank is a year old (it's birthday is tomorrow actually!), though, and i've never seen a bit of CA on the glass of my tank, more or less a dime-sized area, which was quoted as an indicator for the safe introduction of coral...

i don't know the status of my alkalinity, but i'll hit up my LFS this weekend to see about testing it. *shrug*

 

[Krish]

Best of luck! I'm waiting for coraline to grow all over my backwall. I think that looks really cool