Coralline Algae

[aaron childs]

For all of you who are getting their corraline algae to be that beautiful pink and purple ... what do you guys use to do this? Just calcium ? Let me know ...

 

[reef_magic]

mine just spread from the LR i bought, i think that what depends on what color u get
what color is ur LR?

 

[footbag]

I set up a nano 3 months ago. I haven't done any waterchanges yet as it has just finished the cycle. I haven't added anything. I am already getting pink coralline. Keep your Cal and ALK balanced (440, 11)and it will grow soon enough.

 

[black99l]

i use agramilk and i am happy with it.

 

[tizzo]

Coralline has to be introduced to your tank by an outside source ie- Live rock. If the lr only has 1 color on it, chances are that's the only one that will flourish. If you buy small amounts of LR, each piece bearing a different color then... well you know. Or a much cheaper solution, would be to go to your LFS and find snails with it on their shell. That also helps speed up the spreading, because they seed your tank all over.
If you already have it in your tank, then keep your calcium and dkh balanced and in check as Footbag suggests. Personally, I used Coral-Vital by Ken Weiss to help mine along.