SRC Member xersion Posted October 24, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted October 24, 2010 hi all.. i'm having this issue.. the coraline in my tank are growing on the glass instead of on the rocks.. what could be wrong with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nakazoru Posted October 24, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted October 24, 2010 Chances is that there are some type of algae on the LR that retard coraline growth Quote Equipment: 30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer Live Stock: Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2 Reef: 1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato RIPs (Since June 2005): 1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...) Old 30G Corner Tank. Restarted 30G Corner Tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holachantus Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 hi all.. i'm having this issue.. the coraline in my tank are growing on the glass instead of on the rocks.. what could be wrong with this? [/quot Th a few thgs u need to ensure, 1)is ur lighting covers more of the rocks or glass area? 2)some liverocks takes longer time to grow coralline th others 3)patience is another consent,if u keep ur water parameters in check U will hv ur corallines 4)add some coralline bits to ur rocks,this acts as a starter. Just my humble knowledge,seniors pls add. Adios! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairun Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Chances is that there are some type of algae on the LR that retard coraline growth Agreed, not all algae can really form in any surface. Good selection of rock is wise. BTW it is a good sign as the algae form on glass, sometime it hard to cultivate them. I took about a year to form good coraline algae. Beside that do clean your glass often, say once every 2-3days. So as not giving a chance to let them grow there. This will force them to form some where u like it haha:thumbsup: Good luck! Quote Mix reef-Main tank 3x2.5x2.5ftA TI 3ft 8tube Hitachi compressor unit 1HP 1 x AP- 702 Deltec 1 x Coral Lab CR with Ph controller; 1X AquaMedic Kalk Reactor top off Baby fish dosing kh/Sr&Kcl/mg DI water thru kalkwasser 1 x Skimz Fr with BRS gfo 2 x Rio 32hF main pump 1 x Pinpt Orp monitor 1 X Pinpt Ph monitor Aquamedic wave maker Sump 3x1.5ft plumbed together with; 1.5ft cube live rock Frag tank 5x1x1ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member peacemaker Posted October 24, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted October 24, 2010 Shave your glass to seed your rocks on coralline algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member xersion Posted October 24, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 24, 2010 Thanks for all the input... will try to remove those dirt on the rocks and see if the algae will grow on the rocks anot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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