waveman216 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Anyone know if having a lot of light helps coraline algae grow? Link to comment
harbingerofthefish Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 well I guess it couldn't hurt. i have a 7 w/32 watts and slow corraline growth. A friend has a 75 with 3 MH and 03 suplements with slow corraline growth. Like most algae, it will adapt to the enviroment. Like if I trew a MH on my tank, the corraline I have would probally die off, but slowly adjust and adapt and grow back. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 corralline grows faster in darker areas. case in point, my fuge has been running without the jalli (one more appliance and the whole building will go dark) the fuge itself gets light from the halides but the third chamber is in the dark and covered with pink and green corralline. the main tank is lit up light baghdad in the midst of shock and awe and the one dark corner has green corralline patches. Link to comment
clemtiger00 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I think, and can definitly be wrong, that Coraline growth increases with high Calcium levels, 380-400. I have only had my tank set up about a month and my Coraline is really starting to grow. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 yes, corralline needs calcium to be raised for it to grow faster. Link to comment
reefsrule Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I dosed calcium in my tank, maybe that's why all of the sudden my tank was struck w/ all these patches of purple. Link to comment
waveman216 Posted October 3, 2003 Author Share Posted October 3, 2003 Well I've got high calcium levels (around 400). I'm wondering because I haven't had much growth in my 10 gal, so I just added a 96W PC. Was using a 32W. Hmm, I wonder if it had anything to do with that drunken water change I did with tap water last weekend. It's always fun to wake up the next day, remember what you did, and find out your alkalinity if unmeasurably high. Link to comment
harbingerofthefish Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Although I don't have a lot of light in my tank, the corraline that is "new" growth (not old stuff starting to grow) is on the back glass and on the tops of my PHs. In full direct light. this is the purple kind. I do have what looks like some green growing in some of the more lightless areas. But as ESPI pointed out a hile ago, there are umpteen kinds of corraline algae. So it's need can probally vary. But yeah, calcium seems to be the growth factor. Link to comment
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