still cant grow coralline.

[alix2.0]

and its driving me freaking mad.
parameters are perfect, as far as ammo, trites, trates, PH, calcium, temp, SG go, because thats all i test for. my lights are t5s. i know coralline will sometimes not grow in high light (like MHs), but these are like the lowest end of t5. there is no algae / cyano / diatoms on my sand, glass, or rock. i have a good size chunk of seed rock that is thickly covered in coralline, but it is not helping at all. i plan on buying more next month.
any insight?

 

[bang guy]

Alkalinity is very important for anything that calcifies. Corals, Clams, Snails, Coralline, etc. You really should test Alkalinity.

 

[blackjacktang]

I have heard of people scraping coraline form there tank, ship it in an box with moist paper towls, and the person who recives it puts it in there tank and they get coraline blooming in about 3-5 weeks. IMO I think it is just a myth.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by Blackjacktang
http:///forum/post/2917528
I have heard of people scraping coraline form there tank, ship it in an box with moist paper towls, and the person who recives it puts it in there tank and they get coraline blooming in about 3-5 weeks. IMO I think it is just a myth.
It works very well in my experience. The coralline stresses and sporulates during shipping.
Of course, water parameters need to be good before the spores will settle.

 

[blackjacktang]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2917532
It works very well in my experience. The coralline stresses and sporulates during shipping.
Of course, water parameters need to be good before the spores will settle.
It works!?! I have to try sometime!

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by Blackjacktang
http:///forum/post/2917554
It works!?! I have to try sometime!

Instead of the paper towel, try just plain tank water. The idea is to stress it wiothout killing it. And it's the water containing the spores that you want in the tank, not the coralline chips.

 

[nycbob]

agreed that alk is very important.

 

[elijaher]

What your flowrate?

 

[keri]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2917532
It works very well in my experience. The coralline stresses and sporulates during shipping.
Of course, water parameters need to be good before the spores will settle.
Can you "fake" shipping it to yourself? I have recently changed from a 65g to a 120g and while my old tank had lots of corraline and the rocks werwe nicely purple all the new LR and the back of the tank is still quite stark... Can I scrape some, store it overnight in a bag and re-release it?
Would that help Alix too?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by Keri
http:///forum/post/2918290
Can you "fake" shipping it to yourself? I have recently changed from a 65g to a 120g and while my old tank had lots of corraline and the rocks werwe nicely purple all the new LR and the back of the tank is still quite stark... Can I scrape some, store it overnight in a bag and re-release it?
Would that help Alix too?

Yes, it can help. Put it in a bag in the dark and wait for the water to turn pink.

 

[alix2.0]

im going to try this. i am also going to buy an alkalinity test if i dont already have one. (i have a bunch i never use, ill have to look)

 

[alix2.0]

do you have to scrape it to bag it up and stress it? i have a really nicely covered chunk of rock with some on it, could i just bag that up?

 

[alix2.0]

Originally Posted by Elijaher
http:///forum/post/2918288
What your flowrate?
not sure that the exact turnover is right at the moment, but i have 4 maxijet 1200 in a 30 gallon tank, not counting the one thats running my skimmer.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2918611
do you have to scrape it to bag it up and stress it? i have a really nicely covered chunk of rock with some on it, could i just bag that up?
I've never tried it that way. Let me know if it works.

 

[alix2.0]

should i attempt to keep it the same temperature so it doesnt die? like, i could float it in the tank in a black bag. my house is really freakin cold right now, so just bagging it up in the dark somewhere i think would probably kill either it or the rock. i dont care if the rock dies, but would that too kill the coralline? i imagine it would.

 

[elijaher]

Test alkalinity and the carbornate. Once you strate seeded with coraline successfuly, will take about a month before. You seeing coraline popping up.

 

[elijaher]

Opps alk/car is the same.