i hate coraline i hate coraline I HATE CORALINE!

[blind1993]

i clean the whole tanks glass from coraline THE NEXT DAY it is back where it was. any help on how to get rid of it from the glass.

 

[haninja]

remove the glass

 

[jefft]

Fresh water aquarium!

 

[justonemoretank]

You want less Coralline??? Try less Ca or less Alk or both. Your corals will not be too happy about it though.

 

[blind1993]

i do not add ca or alk. my ca stays at 470-500 even if i do not do a water change for a month.

 

[jgoal55]

coralline is great for tank and its a sign of a healthy tank.....it battles all other algae's.....i know that sometimes it can look ugly but personally as long as it's not on my side or front glass, I like the way it looks on the back glass.

as for how to get rid of it....are you sure you are scraping it ALL off the glass....because for it come back in one day is pretty impressive? other than scraping though...lower calcium would help but like mentioned...your corals wont lke it.

 

[ericmcj31]

yeah-I'd leave it alone-it's a GOOD sign-

 

[blind1993]

i am scraping ALL of it, my dad is even starting to scream at me everyday to clean out my tank even thought i clean it every 2 days i am getting tired.

 

[jetchris]

haninja;133257 wrote: remove the glass

I 2nd this idea, please take pics and make sure your aquarium is full when you remove the glass.

 

[FutureInterest]

Lower your salinity and it will go away. Just keep lowering it till the coraline stops growing.

 

[blind1993]

it is at 1.25 and i have corals. isnt it bad to let your salinity go lower with corals?

 

[mvm]

He was kidding. Do you have a mag scraper (with attached blade)? If fully remove coraline will take a week to show up again.

 

[blind1993]

i do not have a mag float or scraper.

 

[blind1993]

i hope that when i get my mh later this month it will lower the amount that is growing.

i am taking a razor blade and scraping and my dad is also.



i see how things in a reef tank change, at first i wanted coraline and now do not want it.

ill keep on scraping it and see if my new mh will fix it.

 

[victor626nj]

if you add more corals they will take up most of the calcium and alk and it should drop...i dont believe your calcium is that high though ........i dose my lfe away and cant keep it that high ...is your tank special or something .....buy a mag float 15 bucks .and buy a scrapewr for 10 bucks just make sure you take the scraper out of the water every time you use it

 

[blind1993]

any links on where to get those vic, petco sells them for 50 bucks.

i am planning on getting more corals, mainly zoas. i have to arange a time with skirz to pick up some fire and ice zoas that he is offering at such a low price to me.

 

[victor626nj]

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[mikem_]

Increase Your Light!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mikem_]

coraline is a "low light" organism. When you increase your light intensity(not sure of your system), the coralline will grow in the "shadows" of your tank.

 

[skriz]

Try dosing urea; it should take care of it.