Does Purple Up Work?

[Joshsmit56001]

Thoughts?

 

[SeanT]

Complete waste of money even if it did work.
If you keep your calcium and alkalinity in check and don't have rampant phosphates, coraline will spread with ease.

I personally hate coraline.

It severely inhibits your rocks filtration ability.

 

[firemedic0135]

IMHO it is good for boosting Ca+ . Sure it increases coraline algea as its just Ca. IMO its good for all corals needing Ca+. Not that you cant get it from water changes. But sometimes I need a boost and add a capfull to my topoff H2O.
I agree about coraline being a PITA also. At first its cool but later you really get tired of scraping it off of the glass.

 

[davewbush]

When used as a cal supplement, it raises cal very fast. I have used it but it is not worth the price. A good salt mix and weekly water changes, plus the addition of cal, alk, and Mg will give you the same effect.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14960001#post14960001 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davewbush
When used as a cal supplement, it raises cal very fast. I have used it but it is not worth the price. A good salt mix and weekly water changes, plus the addition of cal, alk, and Mg will give you the same effect.

+1 on this. true with most of the supplements

 

[Ehaze]

Purple up seems like something for new people, that get suckered in.
Stable tank, with 400-450calc 8-10 kh.

 

[SeanT]

Dear God capn_hylinur you have almost 30 posts a day!

You may need a hobby to break the RC addicition. :lol:

 

[rendogg]

I like it because I run an aquarium maintenance business and my customers are not hobbyists, they are people who want a beautiful thriving aquarium with minimal work. Purple Up is easy to use and I have seen great results, not only with coralline but with growth of stony corals and Tridacnid clams.

I was skeptical at first but I needed a solution. My customers would not add the two part additives I supplied them with on a consistent basis, water changes alone don't cut it if you want stonies and clams, reactors are too high maintenance for most, and Kalk doesn't last very long in a reservoir.... so I tried Purple Up. My customers are happy because it's easy and their tank looks good and I'm happy because their tanks look good.

I couldn't supply and endorse this product without trying it first, so tried it at home. I shut off my reactor, discontinued kalk for top off on my established reef, and tried it out. I went through the bottles quite quickly but it supplied the demand and my corals, clams, and coralline without interruption.

Overall, I'm happy with the results and happy I found a solution for my customers.

 

[reefscape15]

I use it and like it. It does what it adveratises. It's nice not having to do a 2 part, and I love coraline! I don't know why people dont like it. If you want to keep coraline off your glass, you need to mag-float at least a few times a week. I like everything covered except for the front glass

 

[SeanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14964767#post14964767 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefscape15
and I love coraline! I don't know why people dont like it.

I don't, because as coraline covers up the pores of the rock, it greatly reduces the rocks ability to act as a filter.

 

[ludnix]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14960154#post14960154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SeanT
Dear God capn_hylinur you have almost 30 posts a day!

You may need a hobby to break the RC addicition. :lol:

Of most of the users here who could have 30 posts a day I'm glad it's the captain.

 

[rendogg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14965417#post14965417 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SeanT
I don't, because as coraline covers up the pores of the rock, it greatly reduces the rocks ability to act as a filter.

I would argue that saying, the amount of unexposed rock surface area, where ammonia and nitrite consuming bacteria live, is still greater than the area occupied by the coralline. The bacteria inside the rock should be anaerobic denitrifying bacteria. Beneath coralline encrusted areas, creates an anaerobic zone, in which these bacteria can thrive and turn nitrates into nitrogen....the main function of live rock, or we'd still be using undergravel filters or bioballs.

Besides, I think we all want, and eventually it happens, our rock to be totally encrusted with coral so the unexposed surface area and the anaerobic zone within is all we have for filtering anyway!

 

[SeanT]

I think you unknowingly aided me in this discussion.

Inside the rock is where the action happens.
How does the water get there if it is covered in coraline...

 

[rendogg]

No, I don't think you understood me correctly.

The respiration happens on the unlit areas of the rock, which is the majority of your rock, your lit areas get encrusted with coral after they are encrusted with coralline.

 

[Mopar Reefer]

Purple up is hit or miss IMO, but I use it as a Cal sup if i can't perform my weekly water changes.

 

[reefscape15]

+1 rendogg! If i can't have my rock totally encrusted with coraline, i'd like it to be encrusted with SPS!

 

[thomasp123]

I have a similar question what about the product liquid reactor? does this product work?

 

[Serk]

IMHO it works, but why would you wanna encourage coralline growth beyond what it does through having a stable tank? That just means you'll be scraping the glass that much sooner and that much more...

 

[Anemonebuff]

My coralline was dying back and I tried it along with some water changes and my coralline popped back pretty fast. I was not really doing my water changes and was neglecting the tank for a few months, so I am sure the water changes helped as well.

I think that not only is there Ca in PU, but there is also iodine. I do not use the PU any more. I would recommend it to someone who is starting out and would like the coralline to spread or catch on in the tank.

 

[Pawky]

I bought a bottle of it when I first started my tank. It worked well but I am going to try a 2 part when I am finished with the bottle.