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Coralline Algae
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I started with frags containing the colors and types of coralline algae I liked. Keep the calcium, magnesium and alkalinity high enough (and replace as needed) Coraline algae removes calcium and can deplete it. And you need enough light to get it to grow. Essentially, corals tend to settle and grow where coralline algae grows. Like with corals, the rest is just time. Or, you can bring in coralline covered rocks from another container, along with that tanks hitchhikers.
Most people have rubble with coralline on it. I got a empty frag from Ultimate Corals to get the coralline algae (The coral probably released from the frag). I have bought a coral with coralline on the frags; many frags have some (and on a few occasions, the presence or coralline algae determined which frag of a type I selected. Do a picture search for coralline algae to get an ideal of all the types. I have green, dark red, pink and purple types, as well as some that stick out like lichen. There are also companies that sell bottles of pink or purple coralline algae or coralline covered rocks. I also introduced some sponges that were on frags as well. But the truth is, if you grow corals, it will find its way into your tank. Some manufactures make live rock that are colored. That is not coralline algae. Also note that many people scrape coralline encrusted rocks into their tanks.
While I have seen a few people offer frags of some coralline its ver rare and usually a plating type.
Typically tough you cant buy frags of it. What they likely meant above is that the coral frags they bought had coralline on it.
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Keyport.
Understood thank you for the great help/advice
Would you be willing to part with a bit of that type that you describe as lichen. And frankly any type. I'll he starting up in another few weeks and I'll be looking for any and all forms as well as hitchhikers as well.
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https://arcreef.com/product/coralline-algae is a source. I personally think that the hitch hikes are one of the most interesting aspects of a reef tank, being amphipods, copepods, fan worms, sponges, snails, hydroids, various crawling worms or coralline algae. Some like aiptasia are a pest, but not the end of the world. I used to get up at night and shine a red or UV flashlight just to see what came out at night. Most things don't see the red and UV makes many things fluoresce.
I live in Jackson, NJ. I do have a few rocks in saltwater from my last tank. They are not under bright lights, so there is not a lot of coralline, but enough on a few. Hitchhikers could include some pods, snails, worms, aiptasia, green bubble algae, and purple sponge. Send a conversation if you want to follow up.
DangerDave
NJRC Member
I’ve never used it, just give it time. Once it gets going you’ll be cleaning it off the glass and power heads wishing it didn’t grow so fast!
