coralline growth

[hermit]

live rocks in my tank looks very dull...

how can i put some "colours" on it ????

how to increase the coralline growth on my live rocks????

[Tanzy]

hermit,

Please suggest a better and more descriptive topic title or this thread will be removed.

Thank you.

[nsyahron]

What is your Ca and kH level like?

[trader_best]

check your dkh and Ca levels...

drip kalk regularly...

water circulation also very important....

[Domino]

Does Iodine addition help too?? I heard that before

[lightningstrike]

IMO, drip kalk...... i hv gotten great results from doing it.

[Eric]

live rocks in my tank looks very dull...

how can i put some "colours" on it ????

how to increase the coralline growth on my live rocks????

Below is my observation on algae growth for my 3ft tank......

Calcium - 450-500ppm

Hardness - 10 Dkh

Phosphate 0.1ppm

Nitrate - 5ppm

Temp. 27-28C

250W 20K MH - good for purple algae

250W 10K MH - good for diatoms & green short hairy algaes on glass

My Purple algae is growing on the live rocks but not on glass.....not sure if its coralline algae.

Eric

[woonming]

Does Iodine addition help too?? I heard that before

I dont think iodine would contribute much help ..

Maintain your pH around 82. & calcium level above 280ppm and they would start to grow..