Coraline shavings experiment !!!

[ilovemytank]

I purchased coraline shavings from another member to jump start my coraline growth. There has been some intrest with other members wondering if this will help them, so we begin ! I started dosing my tank to reaise the calcium level about six days ago. I have noticed some growth already. Below are the shavings I recieved, the growth that has already begun since I started dosing and a whole tank picture before the dosing. Any day now I expect the arrival of my new metal halides. I don't know if this will effect the growth rate. 450 ppm calcium level today.

 

[coral keeper]

Sounds very interesting.

 

[rotarymagic]

Too much light can inhibit growth, keep that in mind... It does take a very extreme amount to do this though.

 

[kogle]

This does work, it's how I seeded my tank for coraline. Just remember, the most important thing for coraline growth is proper water chemistry, got to keep those calcium, alk, and mag levels up.

 

[gatorwpb]

Originally Posted by Rotarymagic
http:///forum/post/2809330
Too much light can inhibit growth, keep that in mind... It does take a very extreme amount to do this though.
not exactly true. You will see more corraline growth with PCs than you will with MH. I would think the same applies for VHO > MH and maybe even T-5 > MH depending on the T-5 fixture.

 

[ilovemytank]

Got and installed the metal halides today. What an amazing difference.

 

[maxalmon]

Coraline alge is pretty and such, but what a royal pain to scrap and remove....You may want to keep the calcium a little lower...........I wish I could keep it out of my tanks......

 

[matt b]

Originally Posted by maxalmon
http:///forum/post/2812008
Coraline alge is pretty and such, but what a royal pain to scrap and remove....You may want to keep the calcium a little lower...........I wish I could keep it out of my tanks......
+1!! You want it until you have it

 

[ilovemytank]

Originally Posted by maxalmon
http:///forum/post/2812008
Coraline alge is pretty and such, but what a royal pain to scrap and remove....You may want to keep the calcium a little lower...........I wish I could keep it out of my tanks......
Off the subject comment, I'm so glad you went back to that Avatar !!!! It Rocks!!!