seeding coraline algae

[fji258]

hi..how do i seed my tank with coraline algae. do i just put the scrapings in the tank, or is there a specific place i should put it(high water flow). do i chop up the scrapings? thanks

 

[3D-Reef]

fgi258,
Coraline alge likes,high flow and low light.But just putting it in the tank should work.
Clay

 

[scrmbld33]

also if read that scrapeing it helps too, in mine when i scrape a spot or too off the front glasses more always seems to be back next time, i

also keep alk and calcium at proper levels, it will take off and add scraping corriline off to the chore list

 

[whalloper]

try some good live rock with a lot of coralline already on it to seed your tank if you can find some near you. I also had great results with "Purple-Up" when I was getting started...now my rocks really are purple, pink, red, blue, and green!

 

[scrmbld33]

if your going to add some live rock to seed it, check out some of the indonesia from www.reefscience.com lots of coralline in several colors, heres a pic of one of the peices in one of my threads, it looked like this from day one

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=795939