couple questions

[brolik1]

Hey guys and gals.
Today I went to one of the LFS around my area and when I looked into the SW tank I noticed a wine bottle and a heineken bottle with coralline growth on it.When I asked the guy he said it took 4 months to get coralline on it. He told me to start using small doses of purple up and it will help,but the LR I got from my LFS has lots of coraline in it.
My question is this:
1)How can I go about doing this?Do I boil the glass and clean off the sticker and then place it in my tank?
And one more question what is a good test kit that I should get because I own the aquarium pharmaceutical and the test strips are hard to read,not to much color difference especially on the nitrate card.

 

[bergamer]

I don't know why you would want to do this, I guess it makes your tank look more realistic like the real coral reefs that are full of garbage

 

[brolik1]

Originally Posted by bergamer
I don't know why you would want to do this, I guess it makes your tank look more realistic like the real coral reefs that are full of garbage
Yes if you see it it looks nice and perty,its because we live in new york and if u go on the hudson thats what you will find.

 

[latino277]

Yeah... i would say boil it in ro water. if your looking for goot test kits... look into salifert (sp?). they seem to be the best.
:thinking: Bronx?? where... I'm in the soundview/Castle hill area.

 

[brolik1]

Originally Posted by latino277
Yeah... i would say boil it in ro water. if your looking for goot test kits... look into salifert (sp?). they seem to be the best.
:thinking: Bronx?? where... I'm in the soundview/Castle hill area.
Yes I live in the bronx by the riverdale and grand concourse area.and thanks for the info.

 

[mimzy]

Hey Brolik, can u go back to that LFS and get a picture of the coraline covered bottles?
That's something u don't see every day!! :jumping:
If you boil 'em, make sure you get all the sticky stuff from the labels off first...that sticky stuff is full of all kinds of....uh... icky stuff!

 

[brolik1]

Originally Posted by Mimzy
Hey Brolik, can u go back to that LFS and get a picture of the coraline covered bottles?
That's something u don't see every day!! :jumping:
If you boil 'em, make sure you get all the sticky stuff from the labels off first...that sticky stuff is full of all kinds of....uh... icky stuff!

sure no problem i will go saturday get a picture for you.what is your email so that I can email it to you,i dont know how to post pics on this site.

 

[nm reef]

There is a guy on another site with a 10+ yr old reef that has numerous bottles and stuff...all covered in coraline. I suppose his goal was a realistic look.....sort of trying to re-create a actual dive in a trash & littler infested site. Not a look I'd go for....but the pics of his display are sweet!!!!

 

[brolik1]

Originally Posted by NM reef
There is a guy on another site with a 10+ yr old reef that has numerous bottles and stuff...all covered in coraline. I suppose his goal was a realistic look.....sort of trying to re-create a actual dive in a trash & littler infested site. Not a look I'd go for....but the pics of his display are sweet!!!!
Its not because of the looks but just the thought of crittters growing on the bottle is sweet!!!just my kind of tast id guess.do you have the website so that I can go see it?