Help....No Coraline Algae to Speak Of

[dreef]

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

[daniella3d]

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

[Son Of Skyline]

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?

[beginnersluckpg]

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

[Aquattro]

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

[beginnersluckpg]

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.

[daniella3d]

I don't have a trace of coralline growing on my totoka rock, not even a little bit of it. I also have a fiji rock that is full of it. So my guess is that some type of rock is not really compatible with coralline?

Anyway why worry that your reef is lacking something if your parameters are good and your coral are growing well? I too beleive that having coralline on liverock can impair its property to filter and block the deep pores.

Originally Posted by beginnersluckpg

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.

[Madreefer]

You guys dont get the question. Maybe he wants the coralline. Some of us like it. I tried to help him and I dunno why it's not growing on his rocks. I'd like to know the answer to this as well. Had this question been about a weed like GSP or anthelia he would have had the answer right away. He has tonga rock and fiji rock. We have bought rock together and it grows great in my tank but not his. I put a rock from his tank in my display and refugium and both will be purple within a couple of weeks. And those are 5-10lb rocks.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by beginnersluckpg

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.

I guess the simple answer is yes. You're missing whatever the other tanks have. Now a better questions is " Does it matter?"
If your tank is healthy, corals growing, measurable parameters are in check, then you don't need to go looking for problems. The answer to the part about doing something wrong is then "no"
If for some reason you really do want to have that stuff on your rock, there are supplements others have claimed work well.

[paddyob]

I personally like Coraline. The nicest tanks out there IMO are covered in it.

Coraline is not like hair algaes and what not and should not be bulked into the same category. Everyone has opinions and overall, Coraline is found on more premium rock than not. Coincidence? Probably not.

Good luck.

Don't let some opinions scare you. To each their own.