Purple Up

[yikai]

Hi guys. anyone using purple up? heard good reviews about it so decided to try. as i dont have a Ca reactor, calcium and magnesium etc dosage is very erratic, so i don't have steady coraline algae growth. using purple up now. have 1 question to ask. the bottle doesnt say how often to dose, only says not to dose more than once per day.

1 cap for 50gallon of waters. i put about 1 and a half capfuls or slightly less. can this product be dosed everyday? what are the dosing regimes. hope others using this product can share. thanks!

[peacemaker]

Personally, I've tried using it but it wasn't so effective. Regular water changes (weekly) with a good salt mix works better for me. I also use two-part dosing method. Btw, Iwarna's Top Up works better too!

[yikai]

i perform regular water changes too but coraline grow too slowly. sick of the brown. btw what is two part dosing?

[peacemaker]

I use Aquapharm Part A & B. Extracted from the site:

Pro Series SeaBalance â„¢

two parts, A & B

Pro Series SeaBalanceâ„¢ is a highly concentrated two-part calcium and alkalinity buffer maintenance system that replenishes calcium and alkalinity with the correct ratio of ions to the composition of Natural Seawater. SeaBalanceâ„¢ also includes magnesium and strontium in the amounts proportionate to typical utilization ratios. Without high concentrations of magnesium, all the calcium would combine with carbonates and precipitate out of the aquariums. Alkalinity is primarily the concentration of calcium, magnesium, carbonate and bicarbonate, which helps maintain a high pH and is essential for coral growth.

[peacemaker]

To add, I did some extra seeding of coralline algae. Used a razor and scrapped some coralline off one of my rocks with all the power heads blowing.

[yikai]

oh ur using the aquapharm 2 part. ok thanks

for coraline seeding, i have coraline growing on my rocks, just too little and ugly. so no need to seed i guess.

for purple up, anyone else knows how often to dose?

[beaver]

I used to use aquapharm 2 parts. It was so effective that I had coraline algae encusting my wavemakers...to the point of being a nuisance. Never tried Purple Up though.

[comycus]

i used to dose everyday according to the instructions of the bottle. Coralline growth was healthy.

Now I just dose calcium, coralline is also growing. I realise coralline also grows faster in blue light. Ever since I added my blue LEDs, growth has increased by alittle. So you might want to leave your blue lights on for a longer period if you want to increase growth?

[yikai]

ok thanks zhimin. i only want the coraline to grow until a nice purple develops on my rocks. then stop dosing or reduce. partly because i used to keep 3 tuxedo urchins which constantly mowed through my coraline, and i had so little to begin with, my coraline never really took off.... and the super inconsistant calcium dosing.

btw how long roughly till you see significant improvement? 2-3 months?

[comycus]

ok thanks zhimin. i only want the coraline to grow until a nice purple develops on my rocks. then stop dosing or reduce. partly because i used to keep 3 tuxedo urchins which constantly mowed through my coraline, and i had so little to begin with, my coraline never really took off.... and the super inconsistant calcium dosing.

btw how long roughly till you see significant improvement? 2-3 months?

Actually I think should be able to see visible growth in 1-2 months. I have an unproven theory tt different types rocks will affect coralline growth. Dunno how to explain in words, but i notice for some 'type' of rock you can see growth almost instantaneously (within 1-2 weeks after daily dosing). Others after 1-2 months, you only see spots of coralline starting to grow.

[[V]tEc]

hey lemon, try using this....http://www.aquamarin.com.sg/productsDetail.asp?productid=15

it's tested n proven in my tanks if u crazy abt coraline. for my new tank, i only dosing once fornightly. get ur CA, KH, MG in good range n with this, ur coraline will grow like weeds. but some warning, once coraline start to grow, it will not stop....n i guess u noe, coraline will makan ur CA, KH and MG real fast.....that is why my new tank, i cant be bother to let them grow.....

[yikai]

hey lemon, try using this....http://www.aquamarin.com.sg/productsDetail.asp?productid=15

it's tested n proven in my tanks if u crazy abt coraline. for my new tank, i only dosing once fornightly. get ur CA, KH, MG in good range n with this, ur coraline will grow like weeds. but some warning, once coraline start to grow, it will not stop....n i guess u noe, coraline will makan ur CA, KH and MG real fast.....that is why my new tank, i cant be bother to let them grow.....

thanks vtec!! will keep a look out for this. can this be used in conjunction with purple up?

[LaW]

purple do helps. once or twice will be good per week will be good, thats how my friend dose and can see the effect. get some testkits, it contains both calcium and mg so you dun want to overdose. and vtec is right, once ur coraline is up, u will realise your mg kh and ca will down very quickly.

[MOssrope]

purple up is like a calcium and iodine supplement.

if you know your system well enough you can go for better alternatives.

daily capful in a 2ft+ tank for a coraline filled tank is almost sufficient.

overdosing can mess up your KH and Ph though(usually reducing it)... do have test kits for reassurance.

[Guest]

Another cheaper option you can also consider is the "Top-Up" from Irwanna.. I feel it work as good as Purple up

[TayHongSiang]

my coraline algae grows quite fast when i used oceanic salt mix.....my rocks get encrusted with coralline algae quite rapidly...i think it has to do with the high calcium and mg level of oceanic as compared to reef crystals...after i switched recently. i dun used purple up...i m using coralife bio calcium to supplement.

[comycus]

Another cheaper option you can also consider is the "Top-Up" from Irwanna.. I feel it work as good as Purple up

I agree with this top up by Iwarna. Cheap and as convenient, especially since u always go to buy your wc from them too.

[markietan]

have been using purple up w/ kalk top up. works great! can see the fast coralline growth.

i dose irregularly too, only on weekends and max once a day. i realize even though i shake before dosing each time, the fluid inside the bottle runs out quicker than the whitish stuff in the bottle... so i just add more DI water in and shake it and continue to use.

[jackywongto]

have been using purple up w/ kalk top up. works great! can see the fast coralline growth.

i dose irregularly too, only on weekends and max once a day. i realize even though i shake before dosing each time, the fluid inside the bottle runs out quicker than the whitish stuff in the bottle... so i just add more DI water in and shake it and continue to use.

if u raise KH (exampe dose Kent Marine Pro-dKH), that will speed up coraline growth.

[yikai]

thanks for all the feedback guys! will try purple up first and keep a lookout on all your inputs!

[Yapster]

hi guys, can advise which light spectrum is favorable to coralline algae?

I currently have 2 ATI white tubes & 2 ATI blue plus tubes.

Should i change 1 of the blue plus to ATI actinic?

[comycus]

hi guys, can advise which light spectrum is favorable to coralline algae?

I currently have 2 ATI white tubes & 2 ATI blue plus tubes.

Should i change 1 of the blue plus to ATI actinic?

Tt's good enough. you can increase the hours of blue plus if you want to encourage coralline growth. What are your tank parameters like?

Actinic lights are normally used to bring out fluorescence in your corals.

[MOssrope]

oceanic has high mg levels...

purple up has no mg in it i think... now to think of it when i was dosing purple up .. i added mg supplements too and coraline was quite fast.. i stopped on the mg and it slowed down quite a fair deal.

maybe its time for me to play around with diff salt mixes again

[Fuzzy]

I was getting really good coralline growth with purple up, under a 150w MH. I didn't supplement any additional Mg, and was using Marine Environment with DI water for mix, it started off slowly for the first month, then it started growing quite rapidly.

[yikai]

thanks everyone for the feedback. am starting to see some coraline growth, which is good. but slowly.