castroantonio
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Any one Knows how many colors of coralline algae exist???
exist red coralline algae?
Thanks
exist red coralline algae?
Thanks
collarine algae colors
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graveyardworm
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Green, pink, purple, bright red, dark red, and probably others.
I have anywhere from Dark blood red, dark red, medium red, pink, light pink (almost white), white, slightly greenish white, Burgundy (almost black) Dark royal purple, medium purple, a purple that covers things very thickly and looks like grape nerds (my favorite). Light blue, medium blue, almost flourescent purple... And surprisingly I think I have an orange algae that really only likes low light.
skeeter-doc
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any pics Nickme?
I'll try and get some as soon as it settles down again. I just had to move so I actually have mine set up as a display tank at my LFS. I'm actually managing the fish department and trying to revive it and upgrade their systems so the livestock will actually be healthy and happy. So after I get rid of my slight diatom bloom from the move I'll try and get some pics put up here.
jwalters103
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add orange to the list. i have neon orange--it only grows on the undersides of rocks though---if you flip it over so you can see the orange, it dies in a day
Samala
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A coraline dominated reef? That would be interesting. Not sure how you would keep it all in order, but it would definitely be interesting to see how you would go about setting it up and keeping it pruned and such.
The favored coralline in my tank happens to be light purple, pink and light green at the moment. I'm very proud of it actually. Coralline formation despite the CO2 dosing I'm doing.. that means I've got good control over the pH in the tank.
>Sarah
The favored coralline in my tank happens to be light purple, pink and light green at the moment. I'm very proud of it actually. Coralline formation despite the CO2 dosing I'm doing.. that means I've got good control over the pH in the tank.
>Sarah
pictures would surely be great here. We are all waiting...........patiently. Are all these colors in captivity? Have any specific need? Regardless they are all beautiful. Just when you think you are tired of the color you have, you just have to look back and appreciate how pretty it truly is.
Then maybe I do have orange, cause mine grows on the underside of my rock only. As soon as it was exposed to too much light it dissapeared really quick. My camera isn't working so I dunno when I'll be able to get some pictures, but maybe I'll put some up within the next few months. If anybody else has any pictures of their coralline I'd love to see some.
Also I'd love to get my hands on some branching coralline. Anybody come across any branching type coralline?
Also I'd love to get my hands on some branching coralline. Anybody come across any branching type coralline?
Oh, I forgot to answer one of those questions. As of now my reef is dominated by coralline and my system is as follows:
-29 Gal All Glass
-Fluval 203 canister filter
-200 watt heater
-2 powerheads
-PC with actinic and 50/50 off the top of my head I think the wattage is somewhere around 100 watts
-5" Deep sand bed 100% Caribsea Seaflor special grade reef sand (Aragonite)
-About 30 Lbs rock, Figi and Aragocrete (the aragocrete is nearly covered in coralline)
-Chaeto in the tank
-1 large trocus snail, 2 baby trocus, several astrea snails, several nerite snails
-I feed my Maroon Clown, Mandarin Dragonet, and Royal Gramma a mixture of fresh hatched and adult brine shrimp every other day along with some very small marine pellet food
Yes you read right... no skimmer.
I don't test anything except for salinity
my Coralline covers my glass....
-29 Gal All Glass
-Fluval 203 canister filter
-200 watt heater
-2 powerheads
-PC with actinic and 50/50 off the top of my head I think the wattage is somewhere around 100 watts
-5" Deep sand bed 100% Caribsea Seaflor special grade reef sand (Aragonite)
-About 30 Lbs rock, Figi and Aragocrete (the aragocrete is nearly covered in coralline)
-Chaeto in the tank
-1 large trocus snail, 2 baby trocus, several astrea snails, several nerite snails
-I feed my Maroon Clown, Mandarin Dragonet, and Royal Gramma a mixture of fresh hatched and adult brine shrimp every other day along with some very small marine pellet food
Yes you read right... no skimmer.
I don't test anything except for salinity
my Coralline covers my glass....
I am sure I have deep purple, & pink-red, which dominates rock in my tanks, but most of my tank is dominated by green coraline.. growing on rock, & glass but not the gravel or on black plastic.. not sure what it is exactly since it doesnt seem to crust or grow at the perifery, like purple does. (at least its not hair algae). It is not slimey, and does not plate any live coral.
I constantly pull green algae out with the skimmer, so it makes me think it is a unicellular algae. Any thoughts ?
Nitrates, phosphates, and nitrites test out nil.. Probably because the algae sucks excess out.
It may be feeding my sps, and lps ..ect.
The purple and pink coralline grow over it, where flow is high.
I like the look of it, showing deep dark green to light yellow-green on newly introduced rock..
The tank has been stable for nearly 2yrs with only 2 partial water changes, and frequent addition of Calcium ion ( > 400 ppm) , and bicarbonate (> 135) I only occasionally add Mg ion and Fe ion but Havent measured tank levels for either. Specific gravity is 1.023 to 1.026. I use ordinary tap water (dechlorinated) and rain water for make up.. I find the latter to raise nitrates and encourage red slime, so it is only used infrequently.
Ok.. I probably do a bunch of stuff I shouldnt.. but I have a limited budget, and cant afford RO/DI water, or automatic controllers. I dont do frequent salt changes for the same reason. I do keep Ca ion very high .. it probably helps precipitate heavy metals from the tap water.
My shrooms, leathers and lps corrals thrive.. and are gaining mass
so they are forgiving, under less than perfect conditions.
Not sure if any of this info will help.. but because the green dominates the tank, I thought you may want to know what conditions it is growing under. I do raise chaeto in the return overflows. I use a refugium, and a skimmer on the 150 and 120.
I constantly pull green algae out with the skimmer, so it makes me think it is a unicellular algae. Any thoughts ?
Nitrates, phosphates, and nitrites test out nil.. Probably because the algae sucks excess out.
It may be feeding my sps, and lps ..ect.
The purple and pink coralline grow over it, where flow is high.
I like the look of it, showing deep dark green to light yellow-green on newly introduced rock..
The tank has been stable for nearly 2yrs with only 2 partial water changes, and frequent addition of Calcium ion ( > 400 ppm) , and bicarbonate (> 135) I only occasionally add Mg ion and Fe ion but Havent measured tank levels for either. Specific gravity is 1.023 to 1.026. I use ordinary tap water (dechlorinated) and rain water for make up.. I find the latter to raise nitrates and encourage red slime, so it is only used infrequently.
Ok.. I probably do a bunch of stuff I shouldnt.. but I have a limited budget, and cant afford RO/DI water, or automatic controllers. I dont do frequent salt changes for the same reason. I do keep Ca ion very high .. it probably helps precipitate heavy metals from the tap water.
My shrooms, leathers and lps corrals thrive.. and are gaining mass
so they are forgiving, under less than perfect conditions.
Not sure if any of this info will help.. but because the green dominates the tank, I thought you may want to know what conditions it is growing under. I do raise chaeto in the return overflows. I use a refugium, and a skimmer on the 150 and 120.
markandkristen
Active member
does purple up help it grow faster i have it on my rocks and i would like to see it on my back wall
graveyardworm
Premium Member
Maintain proper water parameters and you'll have more coraline than you want. There is no need to buy products that claim to accelerate its growth.
purple up is basically a calcium bicarbonate supplement... nothing more, it does help with coralline growth if you don't have enough calcium in the water column but if you have enough Aragonite sand you should be just fine without having to do anything... it grows like any other algae, just a little slower and needs a little more calcium than unicellular algae.
it's not crushed up coralline, that would be way too expensive to harvest and use.
it's not crushed up coralline, that would be way too expensive to harvest and use.
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