Purple-Up

[triggerz92]

I just bought some Purple-Up and was wondering if anyone is using it and how often?

 

[trigger11]

Originally Posted by Triggerz92
http:///forum/post/2475241
I just bought some Purple-Up and was wondering if anyone is using it and how often?

I myself do not use Purple UP. However, my understanding is it is a calcium supplement. In which case, the frequency of use should really depend on calcium level testing. Calcium levels should be somewhere between 400 and 500. I myself only add supplements I can test for. Otherwise you really dont know how much you are putting in.
~Trigger

 

[tangwhispr]

no need for it...just wasting money, regular water changes replenish your CA

 

[nycbob]

purple up speed up ur coraline algae growth a bit. after a tanks been up for 4-5 months, coraline algae should take off anyway. dose it 1x per week for for 3-4 weeks. after that i'd stop it. about 1 capful evry 50 gallon.

 

[nofishnplease]

what happens if you have too much calcuim. i started using purple up and its directions says use once a day. so i have been doing two cap fulls a day for the last week. i have a 120g tank

 

[waterlogged]

Originally Posted by nofishnplease
http:///forum/post/2475810
what happens if you have too much calcuim. i started using purple up and its directions says use once a day. so i have been doing two cap fulls a day for the last week. i have a 120g tank
I think they call it calcium precipitation.

 

[triggerz92]

K thanks everyone, I have some white, pink, purple, and a little bit of green so far and hope this will boost them a little.

 

[ikemeyer]

did someone say poison-up? Any concoction that immediately changes water quality can not be good for a marine aquarium. If calcium is lacking it may be better to correct this slowly otherwise you may upset other water parameters. keep researching...

 

[nietzsche]

adding purple-up isnt going to sudddenly make coralline appear. isnt it just calcium chloride? dont add it unless you can test for it either. most people who use it dont have anything that consumes calcium

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by nietzsche
http:///forum/post/2475984
adding purple-up isnt going to sudddenly make coralline appear. isnt it just calcium chloride? dont add it unless you can test for it either. most people who use it dont have anything that consumes calcium
clams will suck up calcium

 

[nietzsche]

when someone has a clam they usually know that the clam will consume alk and calcium and should know how it all works, but for hobbyists that start out usually have softies and want coralline at the same time on their rocks