Coralline algae

[B LeDoux]

I have just finished cycling
my 28g Nanocube. And was
wondering the best way to
introducing coralline in to
system there is no decent
Lfs in this area with live rock

 

[AlSimmons]

You don't really need live rock to introduce Coralline algae into the tank. Corals, snails, pretty much anything that has Coralline algae growing on it will work. Do you have any clubs in your area? Maybe a fellow hobbyist could give you a small rock or something to jump start it.

 

[Sk8r]

Best way is just to wait. It grows fairly slowly --- on rock. It tends to get on the glass---in your case probably acrylic, where it is a pita. My advice assuming a typical nanocube lighting, get some softie coral you happen to like, keep your alk around 8.3 and your magnesium at 1350 (Salifert tests, Kent supplements, real easy) and your prospective fish AND soft coral will be happy. Coralline will hitchhike in on something the softies are attached to, and eventually, with that magnesium level, you'll have as much coralline as you want.

 

[o4ac]

So a small cuc would be good enough to seed the tank. Sorry to mention my rock was dry rock from BRS

 

[EdgeN]

As long as some of the snails are covered in Coralline algae then yes.

 

[o4ac]

Thanks for the help

 

[reefling]

I have just finished cycling
my 28g Nanocube. And was
wondering the best way to
introducing coralline in to
system there is no decent
Lfs in this area with live rock

Go to a friend's house and have them scrape their sump or overflow and syphon it out. Just pour that all over your system.

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[reefling]

There is also garf grunge. Look up garfdotorg

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[bxbe888]

Dosing E.S.V. B-Ionic Calcium and KH, and you see coralline algae within 1.5 month