Help....No Coraline Algae to Speak Of
 

OK here it goes, i cant seem to grow any coraline on the rock and for that matter the coraline that was once on my overflow and glass is pale and not expanding. My water parameters are temp 79, calcium 410, mag 1400 and kh is 7.5 Theres a couple of photos for you to see i apoligize for there quality still learning how to take pics........


Any help would be greatly apreciated..........

Lucky! I'd love to get rid of the pesky coralline!! :razz:

Count you blessings, coralline algae is highly overrated :mrgreen:

+1

I never have a spot on my glass,darn fuzzy sticks suck the life out of my water.

I bearely have any growing, and my SPS grow super fast, so I am happy. I consider myself lucky and I don't want any. When I see it I remove it and I soak my pumps in fresh water to get rid of the tiny bit that grow on them.

So from my point of vue you are lucky :)

What kind of lighting do you have? Did the coraline grow previously and then stop growing or did it never grow at all since you started the tank?

Coraline
 

It grew before I changed the lights, I have 2 250 mh and 4 t5s. The lights I purchased from a friend whose rock is covered in coraline, I'm not worried about it showing on the glass, I do get a bit of real pale stuff on the glass but nothing on rocks at all. I'm more concerned with the rock, makes me winder what I'm missing

Personally, I think excessive coralline growth on the rock could interfere with it's capacity to filter, due to interference in porosity. This is just a theory I made up, but it makes sense to me. So not having coralline on my rock is good.
I've always tried to not have it, so can't really offer any advice if you want it on purpose :)

Agreed but.....
 

I agree with all of your posts however what I'm wondering is if my reef tank is lacking something. Everyone tries not to get it and they do, I'm doing everything the same or similar and have none. Just worried that I'm missing something or Doin something wrong.