Purple Up

[dale]

I have a 55 gallon FOWLR and was thinking about using Purple Up. Has anyone ever used it before and what is your opinions on it. I want to try to get more growth on my live rocks. Thanks.

 

[tosiek]

what are you currently dosing the tank with?

And alot of people have mixed feelings about purple up. I stopped using purple up since my tank change over and i got coraline growth already on my Powerhead in 2 months. Was a little slower to get growing when using purple up in my old tank. but that could be just different lighting and stuff.

 

[dale]

i'm not using anything now.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

don't use purple up. patience and water changes will help. as long as there is coralline algae on your rocks that's all you need.

two part wouldn't hurt but you must test your levels when adding two part.

 

[markasm]

i have used it for about 4 months, i think i works well. I no longer have unwanted algea, and lost of coraline on the rocks.

 

[NYreefNoob]

purple up

i used it with no effect's started using evs 2 part and coraline started coming a little faster. if it's coraline you are after find someone when they are scraping their tank and get some of it, gives the fastest results

 

[crox99]

I used it and I wasn't impressed.

 

[nyumpa]

not good

i used early on waste of money.
get a good A & B, keep the Ca and dkh in the range, regular water changes, some algae present (either on rocks or from scrapping another tank).
"nothing good happens fast in reef keeping"


will be posting photos soon

 

[dale]

what about if there's not that much coralline on the rocks now? What is two part?

 

[nyumpa]

most people that start a reef, buy some live rock and some base rock(reeferrock.com). the live rock acts a seed the rest of the rock over time
the base rock will become live rock.

 

[SuRFeR BoY]

purple up works amazing and so does kent a and b ionic.. if you ever want to swing by i will show you what purple up did to my rocks.

 

[dale]

Thanks Surfer Boy.

 

[crox99]

purple up works amazing and so does kent a and b ionic.. if you ever want to swing by i will show you what purple up did to my rocks.

Next time I am in SI I want to see your tank.:splitspin