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Old 04-04-2011, 07:54 PM
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i use purple up!
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:46 PM
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Purple Up is a fantastic product! I used it on my nano and loved the results.

You do not need it however. Keep your Calcium and Kh in line and the coraline will grow.


Also I agree with a previous statement... get some rock or rubble with coraline and scrape some coraline off the rock, filters off, and let it settle.

Lose the urchin as he will do it again if he has once.
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Old 04-04-2011, 09:12 PM
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Purple Up is a fantastic product! I used it on my nano and loved the results.

You do not need it however. Keep your Calcium and Kh in line and the coraline will grow.


Also I agree with a previous statement... get some rock or rubble with coraline and scrape some coraline off the rock, filters off, and let it settle.

Lose the urchin as he will do it again if he has once.
Thanks! The urchin was removed and put in a separate tank when we caught him killing/eating some of our hermit crabs.
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Old 04-04-2011, 09:52 PM
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From what I have read coraline likes Magnesium as well. try to keep your levels up along with you Calcium.
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Old 04-04-2011, 10:37 PM
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Agree with keeping your magnesium alkalinity and calcium in check. old readings says keep higher Kelvin is best. The days when the iwasaki 6500k was big.
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Old 04-04-2011, 10:44 PM
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I agree with Grizz. I've been pumping the magnesium hard to my tank lately and the coraline algae has really started to take off in my tank.
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Old 04-05-2011, 01:07 AM
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I have to agree with denny with the bluer lighting. About the only thing my led light grows is corline i can put it on the tank and within week or so its nuts the amount of coraline growth i get.
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