coralline

[evanjah]

ok heres the problem. I have a 92 gallon corner tank. 2-3 inches of sand 100 lbs of live rock. I have a foxfacerabbitfish, a orange spotted rabbitfish, and a orange shoulder tang, and a fimbriated eel. a long spine urchin some conchs, a few turbo snails and about 50-60 nassairus snails, and 1 serpent star and a sand sifting star. I have corraline in my tank, howeveer, I cant get it to spread calcium levels are what they are supposed to be at. Nitrates are around 5-10 ppm. I have 2 96 watt powercompact bulbs.(brand new bulbs) I usr c-balance to keep evrything in my tank at the levelsthey should be. WHats the deal no spreading of coralline

 

[evanjah]

my tank has been set up for 2 years and i have tried purple up in the past for months to no avail

 

[cichlidkid]

could be not powerful enough lighting

 

[evanjah]

but i head coraline grows under crappy flouresent bulbs

 

[veni vidi vici]

Whats your alkalinity and magnesium levels at?

 

[evanjah]

i dont have a magnesium test or ph/ alkalinity. I have a calcium, carbonate harness phosphate and nitrate tests i do have test stips for ph though

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2875713
i dont have a magnesium test or ph/ alkalinity. I have a calcium, carbonate harness phosphate and nitrate tests i do have test stips for ph though
That's great but what do they tell you?

 

[evanjah]

my kh is very high tho well over 214ppm or 14-15 dkh how do i lower it to normal, is it true r/o water will lower it cuz i use tap water

 

[evanjah]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2875717
That's great but what do they tell you?
not sure what do they tell you?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2875772
not sure what do they tell you?
Well so far your tests tell me that Alkalinity is moderately high. Since you won't tell us what your other test kits are reading there's not much help I can offer.
I can guess that your Phosphate level is high and your Salinity is low, but all I can do is guess until you reveal the secret numbers.

 

[tdog7879]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2875671
ok heres the problem. I have a 92 gallon corner tank. 2-3 inches of sand 100 lbs of live rock. I have a foxfacerabbitfish, a orange spotted rabbitfish, and a orange shoulder tang, and a fimbriated eel. a long spine urchin some conchs, a few turbo snails and about 50-60 nassairus snails, and 1 serpent star and a sand sifting star. I have corraline in my tank, howeveer, I cant get it to spread calcium levels are what they are supposed to be at. Nitrates are around 5-10 ppm. I have 2 96 watt powercompact bulbs.(brand new bulbs) I usr c-balance to keep evrything in my tank at the levelsthey should be. WHats the deal no spreading of coralline
Why are you worrying about calcium levels if it is not a reef? Also you have a urchin that eats coraline. if you want more coralline in your tank keep CA levels around 400. Also you can drip kalkwasser but im not sure that you want to do that witout any corals.

 

[evanjah]

Originally Posted by tdog7879
http:///forum/post/2875779
Why are you worrying about calcium levels if it is not a reef? Also you have a urchin that eats coraline. if you want more coralline in your tank keep CA levels around 400. Also you can drip kalkwasser but im not sure that you want to do that witout any corals.
i just want more corralline algae growth

 

[tdog7879]

Then keep you calcium levels up 400-440 and you alk around 3-4 meg

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by tdog7879
http:///forum/post/2875807
Then keep you calcium levels up 400-440 and you alk around 3-4 meg
And Phosphate near zero and Salinity above 35ppt.