Coralline Algae - Introduction?

[Daniel91]

Whats the best way to fuel, initiate or introduce this algae to your system?

 

I only have dry rock in my system. 

[WV Reefer]

15 minutes ago, Daniel91 said:

Whats the best way to fuel, initiate or introduce this algae to your system?

 

I only have dry rock in my system. 

It must be introduced into your system. Get some scrapings from other reefers.  

[Clown79]

Getting scrapings from another hobbyist or getting a frag plug with it on it will help spread it 

[Daniel91]

Yeah that’s what I was planning to do - 

 

With scrapings is there a preferred placed to dump it? On the rocks, sand, glass??

[WV Reefer]

Just now, Daniel91 said:

Yeah that’s what I was planning to do - 

 

With scrapings is there a preferred placed to dump it? On the rocks, sand, glass??

Just dump it in! 🙂

[mcs]

Just remember once its there it’s impossible to get rid of 😂 

[mcarroll]

https://arcreef.com/ sells coraline in a bottle if you want another potential source.

[R2Dork]

1 hour ago, mcarroll said:

https://arcreef.com/ sells coraline in a bottle if you want another potential source.

I put a bottle of this in my tank when I first set it up, and immediately felt like I flushed $15 down the toilet. BUT, a few months later and now I'm seeing little pink/purple circles pop up on my rocks so I guess it worked. 🤷‍♂️

[mcarroll]

good to know!! 🙂

[Jeff Hood]

On 1/18/2019 at 2:28 PM, mcarroll said:

https://arcreef.com/ sells coraline in a bottle if you want another potential source.

I poured some in my tank.  Nothing yet.  It’s been a month ago. We will see.  

[johnmaloney]

Good luck keeping coralline spores out of your tank once you start adding anything. Introducing coralline may be a good idea if you want one particular species of coralline to be dominate or present. Otherwise encrusting species tend to dominate in captivity and will always find a way in.