Coraline growth

[Pan]

Originally Posted by McNasty

Just wondering what some tank and lighting specs are and Coraline growth every one has.

I myself can not grow coraline in my main tank.

Lighting consists of

4 t5
1 400 w 14k MH
1 175 w 12k MH

tank size 90 Gallon

Calcium 475
Alkinity 4.5 Meq
Magnesium 1325
PH 8.2

Now in my refugium , also close to my skimmer i am lighting with daylight compact flouresent bulbs and coraline grows fine.

Can you have to much light for coraline growth?

before my tank crashed...i had a lot of coraline growth...seemed to do better when i kep the lights to 8 or less hours a day....

[Aquattro]

Hmm, Ca seems a bit high for that alk level. Can you confirm with a second test kit?

(Steve, mEq/l x 2.8 will give you dKh).

[McNasty]

could be my readings are off, I am going to test again, I have often wondered about calcium as it never drops lower then 450, I may have to buy some new test kits and see if they are accurate.

[TheReefGeek]

Bring a sample into your LFS they should test it for free to see if your test kit is off.

[McNasty]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Bring a sample into your LFS they should test it for free to see if your test kit is off.

I live in winnipeg enough said LMAO.

I used the reference tests and it shows my results are alittle off but not by that much, My alk is still stitting close to 4 - 4.5 meq and calcium is still around 425 - 450, my ph is stable at 8.1 and has not changed and i recalibrated my meter just to make sure.

I am useing a prarie reef top off system and kalk reactor, and I was having my top off run through my reactor, so i changed the way my system tops off,

I split the line before it hits the solinoid so i have one line running to my reactor and another line strictly for fresh water. I set my drip rate at aprox one drop every 20 seconds or 3 drops a minute, so now when my top off comes on it will just be fresh water instead of kalk saturated water.