Corline

[muos o(-_-)o]

Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ve been running my system for 10 months

Nano Tank 18ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ x 18ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ x 22ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚, 1 Pendent 150 MH light 10K
3 Back Clowns, 6 Red legs, 3 Fat Turbos, 1 Very Small Mithrax Crab
1 Green Mushroom Discosoma sp, 1 Zoanthids sp, 1 Star polyp / Pachyclavularia sp
Protein Skinner, MM Sump System with cheatomorpha sp Algae

My current test show my tank to be

NO3 = 0
NO2 = 0
PH = 8.2
Calcium 400mg
Mg 1300 +
PO4 = 0
SG 1.024

I donââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t seem to get corline growing in my tank at all which worries me, should I be? All the nice tank you see have it growing all over there tank. Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m new to this so any help or advice welcome.

Jeff :strooper:

 

[sundance1]

Maybe raise the calicium to 450 or so and you might have to buy some to "seed" your tank.

 

[muos o(-_-)o]

Seed ? please advise

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Seed = Scrapings off the wall of someone else's tank.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

btw...

[welcome]

 

[muos o(-_-)o]

Thanks I get that what you mean now, but I have it on the live rock but it seems to be whitening some whatââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦Ã¢â"šÂ¬Ã‚¦.. would it not grow from it?
Tanks for the advice it's all welcome

 

[Paintbug]

whats you Alk at? i wouldnt worry about it to much . is it spreading on the LR? as long as everything in your tank is healthy i wouldnt worry at all.

 

[muos o(-_-)o]

My Alk is about 6

 

[RichConley]

how much flow you got? Corraline LOVES flow.

 

[Paintbug]

the Alk is a little low. may want to bump it up to about 9-10 dKH. coralline need a good balance of Calc, Alk, and Mag. to really grow. the other 2 levels are good. thats not all it needs but thats a good start.

if its speading on your rocks it will eventually get to the glass. then it will be careful what you ask for LOL as it becomes a pain.