Coraline Algae and LS

[dumdum]

Hi all, need some advice on what brand and addictive should i use

to enrich the fishes color and also to increase coraline algea.

Mine is a FOWLR.. thx all...

[XPeriment 626]

for coralline algae you need strong lighting of a certain spectrum. people recommend the blue actinic lights (T5). most fowlr tanks do not have strong lighting so this might be a problem and coralline algae growth will be slow.

[dumdum]

im using the 3FT Dymax T5 lighting, with white n blue tubes.

(dunno what's the actual name of the tubes) is that enuff?

[kueytoc]

Water condition are another impt factor like CA, MG...

[silver_tang]

Hi bros. My live rocks used to have alot coraline alage because i am having a FOWLR tank i dun need such strong lighting as time go by my rock are losing the coraline alage and becoming white. Do I need change the live rocks and replace wif new ones or change to a stronger lighting? Will the rock become white affect my fishes anot? Pls Advice

[dradttg]

In my opinion, lighting is required but it is not the most critical.

What u need is very good water flow. Keep your dKH and Ca up and Coralline Algae will grow.

PS. dKH will dropped faster than Ca. So you have to dose Reef Builder or other brands more frequently.

[dumdum]

any recomendations on what dKH and Ca addictives

should i use?

[dradttg]

any recomendations on what dKH and Ca addictives

should i use?

I am using Seachem for both.

Dont have to buy the 1kg for calcium, I have gone through 1 kg of Reef Builder but my calcium is still 3/4 full.

I am dosing twice a week and manage to keep my dKH above 10.

[dumdum]

does that mean seachem reef builder is enuff for coraline algea?

[AlfaRomeo]

Nope, you need to maintain correct values of KH/CA/MG. Reef builder helps with htte KH bit. You would still need to dose CA and MG. hth

[dumdum]

hhmmm....from what i understand dosing certain addictives

will also affect other parameters as well. rite?