coraline LR

[little bull]

How to maintain / cultivate the coraline on the live rocks??

[veliferium]

wad you need is good lights and maintain your Ca levels in the 400ppm range

[shoelevy]

high Ca, Mg, kh and provide blue lights

[ciaolong]

i am with shoelevy

mg is very important for coraline aglae

i know even somepeople while they are doing their cycle just put blue lights on 24-7 and at the end of the 1- 2 month it covered of coralline aglae

[koniyakutz]

I noticed increased coraline algae growth after I started dripping kalk.

[FuEl]

You don't need blinding lights to have coralline algae. I've had coralline grow in my skimmer which was placed in my sump. The only light it got was room light (indirect sunlight during the day and normal ceiling lights at night). It only occurred after the hooking up of a calcium reactor. Which probably kept Ca, Mg and kH levels conducive to coralline growth.

[Kelmen]

IMO:

water circulation is probably one of the factor too.

I'm yet to see coraline grown on low\dead flow area.

HTH

[little bull]

thank you guy & gals, your comments had ensure me that, i am doing the right thing now, will keep look up of the ness.