coraline

[damien]

i have a little problem i cant for the life of me get coraline i have some green one but i want pink and purple ones calcium is at 450 alkalinity is at ,little bit over 214.8 that equals to 12 drops im about 13 to 14 drops salt level is at 1.025 ph is at 8.3 or 8.4. all the other levels is good so what im i doing wrong light 3 150 watt mhi and plenty of blue lights. 450 lbs of rock so who ever live on long island that can come to deerpark plz pm meso we could discuss about this

 

[DCG1286]

i have a little problem i cant for the life of me get coraline i have some green one but i want pink and purple ones calcium is at 450 alkalinity is at ,little bit over 214.8 that equals to 12 drops im about 13 to 14 drops salt level is at 1.025 ph is at 8.3 or 8.4. all the other levels is good so what im i doing wrong light 3 150 watt mhi and plenty of blue lights. 450 lbs of rock so who ever live on long island that can come to deerpark plz pm meso we could discuss about this

Over the years, I have notice coraline takes much longer to grow under MH then anything else...be patient

-David

 

[Lenny718]

How long has your tank been running? coraline takes some time to grow.

 

[juggernaut]

Coraline is something that will usually appears as the system matures. In the past during the summer months I would dose a gallon of kalk daily (Yes DAILY)to offset evaporation and in the winter I would use to Kent turbo-calcium and my levels would range from 480 to 510 and Coraline would be everywhere but mine would be only purple could never keep the pink or orange :irked: So just be patient and take stock of the days when you weren't scrapping the side walls of the tank because when it catches it CATCHES :lol:

 

[damien]

2years It Been Up

 

[KatLongo]

I've never run MH but have found that different color coralline is produced by different color lights- My PC lights produced deep dark purple and red coralline, my brand new T5s light pink, green and white.....

Kat

 

[damien]

i have some green and one white one pink

 

[NYreefNoob]

lol i dont know about lights ect anymore, my 12g ap with 2 9w t5's and mj 600 for return is only flow in tank and i am getting coraline like crazy in 2 months ive done 3 1g wc granted alot of the rock is covered already but then again so is my rock in my other tank with mh and a ton of flow and being daily dosed and nothing yet on glass

 

[nanchil]

I got some rocks from Rick (NYreefnoob) and now i could see tons of coraline in back and side of my glass. Also i could see other rocks turning pink...