corline alge questions please help

[reefermon]

I have my set up for 1 year when I purchased my live rock there was no purple alge on the rocks now there is about 20 percent on the rocks are covered with the purple alge. My calicum is at 450. I would loke the tanks to look all purple like at the fish stores any suggestions on an faster way to speed up the process. Thanks for all your help

 

[funkyman]

Take one of the rocks that already has coraline on it, and scrub it with a tooth brush in the water. This will release spores that will spread the coraline.

 

[jdragunas]

yes. do that. Also, what kind of lighting do you have? I heard pc is the best for quick-growing coraline. unfortunately, coraline is a hard algae, and therefore takes a while to spread...

 

[bang guy]

Keep your Alkalinity balanced with the Calcium level, moderate to low light, lots of waterflow.

 

[escape2thewater]

I have found that if you raise your alk level to a fairly high level the coraline will spread much faster. Im talking dkh of 10-12. This very high alk level will help your coraline but if you have a fuge it will kill your macros so be careful! I leraned this the hard way!
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