Red coralline alage

[Lin]

sigh.. as above, ned to hear frm u guys.. I got a new fish which keep pecking at my red coralline algae!! now those deep red patch is gone.. my few rocks botak le..

My question, Will those algae grow back soon? or rather.. ways to make it grow back?

Ur advice/sharing is greatly appricated

[seafood]

i think the coraline algae will grow back eventually but think u need to remove the fish 1st.

[Lin]

i think the coraline algae will grow back eventually but think u need to remove the fish 1st.

argh? remove fish? catch out arh? pengz.. those die off wont grow back le rite? Sigh..

[giantbicycle]

wad fish is that??? maybe can give me , i wan to rid corline..

[Lin]

wad fish is that??? maybe can give me , i wan to rid corline..

My purple coralline still there neh.. and it comes up to layers.. tis stupid fish clearing my DEEP red ones.. If it CAN clear my purple one too.. then tis fish u can come collect le..

[giantbicycle]

My purple coralline still there neh.. and it comes up to layers.. tis stupid fish clearing my DEEP red ones.. If it CAN clear my purple one too.. then tis fish u can come collect le..

hahaha, nvm la, wad fish is it btw??

[tineng]

yea wat fish.....i really hate coraline algae.....

[seafood]

yea wat fish.....i really hate coraline algae.....

hate coraline alage..hee hee try sea urchin (Pincushion Urchin, Hairy Colored very cheap only)...very soon your LR will turn "botak".

btw i thought coraline algae is wat we're striking for....i'ld rather hv coraline alage then my current green alage

[ciaolong]

increase the blue photo peroid since coral line aglae loves it

[Lin]

increase the blue photo peroid since coral line aglae loves it

Oh! no wonder! no wonder those coralline grows at the front of my tank.. rather the back.. all my front glass has 5cent and 10cents patch.. i think those purple ones are really harder compare to Deep red ones?

[Lin]

hahaha, nvm la, wad fish is it btw??

erm.... the fish ah? the fish? can call it "stupid" fish? no lar.. juz PBT.. i think itz trying to be funi with my tank.. if its veri nauty, then someone can come collect le.. list ur name!

[giantbicycle]

erm.... the fish ah? the fish? can call it "stupid" fish? no lar.. juz PBT.. i think itz trying to be funi with my tank.. if its veri nauty, then someone can come collect le.. list ur name!

not bad eh, PBT can eat corline, so nice fish and yet can eat the nusience coraline , wow..

[Lin]

not bad eh, PBT can eat corline, so nice fish and yet can eat the nusience coraline , wow..

itz bad lor.. it eat only the red one eh.. peck and peck.. see him peck my heart so pain.. now no more reddish colour in my tank le.. all botak le...

[blueheaven]

Yes, pure blue lights are a favourable condition for coralline growth

Another important element is to have high magnesium levels as this is a major constituent in their tissues.

Its not a big deal if your PBT pecks on coralline as there are many other strains of coralline you can grow. In my tank, there are pink, purple, red, orange, green and those which forms shapes identical to monti caps

[Lin]

Yes, pure blue lights are a favourable condition for coralline growth

Another important element is to have high magnesium levels as this is a major constituent in their tissues.

Its not a big deal if your PBT pecks on coralline as there are many other strains of coralline you can grow. In my tank, there are pink, purple, red, orange, green and those which forms shapes identical to monti caps

pro! thks for ur kind advice..hope mine grow like urs too..

[ciaolong]

my coralline aglae never grows on the glass lol for some reason but it grow crazy on my rocks ...

[giantbicycle]

my coralline aglae never grows on the glass lol for some reason but it grow crazy on my rocks ...

Better, much better, u will have headace when it grow on glass.

[Lin]

agree! too much on the wall is sian neh.. i give up scrubing them.. mom keep saying.. "duno wat u keeping also".. so was wondering if can command those on the glass to stick on the rock..

[giantbicycle]

agree! too much on the wall is sian neh.. i give up scrubing them.. mom keep saying.. "duno wat u keeping also".. so was wondering if can command those on the glass to stick on the rock..

hahah, u scrape and paste on the rock , tell yr mum that thats the blood of the fishes,hahah, jkjk

[Dispar_Anthias]

Wah 2 feet can keep PBT meh??

[Gouldian]

Yah loh, I used to tell her that when she has a P. hepatus but she dunwan to listen. Now a PBT! sigh... Thus now a days I just keep my mouth shut when people ask me what to add into their tank.

Anyway, Coralines algi are just common name to the many species of pink to dark purple algi that will thrives in high KH and Ca environment that we wanted so much to attain and thus it is often used as a indication of a healthy reef. Some of the red coralines are great treats to the tangs!

Nothing wrong with that, the tang is just doing what it naturally does.

[iori_del]

Wah 2 feet can keep PBT meh??

the fish will be very stress in a 2ft.... that is wat a former tang police say one...

[andysho]

Once this coraline algae expose to air , they will turn white

thats wat happen to mine when i shifted to bare bottom .. leaving

them expose to air without water ... now all like snow white plates

lol droping down from my glass

[Awgui]

i heard that for coraline algae to grow, they need strong lights and calcium. Am i rite? And wat about nitrate?

[Gouldian]

i heard that for coraline algae to grow, they need strong lights and calcium. Am i rite? And wat about nitrate?

Lights are needed but not really strong lights.

Just like corals, different species of coralines have different requirements to lights.

But all of them will thrive of high Kh and high Ca environment.

For me, I feel that as long as your tank have all the necessary parameters necessary for corals, coralines are the last you need to worry about. maybe only when they suck in too much of your Ca.