How to get dry rock covered in coralline algae quickly...?
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Salty150
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Anyone familiar with this - Coralline Algae in a Bottle...?
https://arcreef.com/product/coralli...MIxI-l8fna4QIVnFcNCh0w8wDZEAQYASABEgK4GfD_BwE
https://arcreef.com/product/coralli...MIxI-l8fna4QIVnFcNCh0w8wDZEAQYASABEgK4GfD_BwE
reelredfish
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I purchased two bottles of that. Someone had told me it works well and in fact said it was the only actual live spoors.
I put one purple and one pink in my tank a out two weeks ago. Nothing to report yet. The first shipment arrived leaking as for the lids had been busted they shipped me out two new bottles and refunded my cost in full. So i can say the customer service is top notch.
I put one purple and one pink in my tank a out two weeks ago. Nothing to report yet. The first shipment arrived leaking as for the lids had been busted they shipped me out two new bottles and refunded my cost in full. So i can say the customer service is top notch.
I thought about trying some of that and was reading reviews on it the other day. Some users reported excessive hair algae growth after adding it to their aquariums.
RioReefr
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I tried it. It did nothing for me. Not even any specks.
The Customer Service was good though. The person mixed a bottle with both pink/purple spores and sent it out the day I ordered it.
IMO, you won't get coralline algae on dry rock quickly.
Orsamax
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In my experience, a starter rock from the LFS MIGHT help a little bit. But mostly, it’s got to go through a few phases like getting a bio-film etc before it will grow. Your tank also has to stabilize a bit in terms of parameters, etc. once that happens, within a few months you should start to get it tho. Keep in mind that it will need calcium and alk to grow and once it starts to do so it can easily suck it out of the water column quickly, depleting and outcompeting your corals even. If you see someone with deep rich purple covering their rocks they are more than likely dosing 2 part to keep it up. So, always understand that there are 2nd and third order effects to everything we want in this hobby. A stable tank is a must before anything else. Good luck!
Salty150
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You watch the Farm Boy Reef video? lol
dkeller_nc
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The bottom line is that there's only one way to get coralline algae coverage in a hurry, which is to purchase actual live rock (from Tampa Bay Saltwater, for example). Otherwise, there's just no way to do it; it takes a few months with dead rock, period.
