coriline growth suppliments

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  1. supratt

    supratt Fire Shrimp

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    what do you use to get coriline to grow? I have a little and its dying on me, all I used was calcium, iodine, and trace.
    anything else I should use, or I there better products???
    whats your oppinion?
     
    supratt, Jul 18, 2009
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  2. chuckdee

    chuckdee Peppermint Shrimp

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    Focus more on keeping your parameters at ideal levels. What are your parameters now?? You don't need special supplements to get coraline to grow..
     
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  3. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    What are your Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium levels?
     
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  4. LVsuckerfish

    LVsuckerfish Fire Shrimp

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    +1 with the proper levels it will grow like crazy as long as you already have some. something is out of wack for it to die off!
     
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  5. parapro

    parapro Plankton

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    If it is a new tank, then it is natural that some of the coraline dies off.. When i added rocks to my aquarium some of them went white here and there after a few days, but as time passed the coraline started to come back again.
     
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  6. iLLwiLL

    iLLwiLL Sailfin Tang

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    i impulsively bought some purple up and have seen no real surge in coraline growth, but since I already bought it i work it in with my calcium dosing. testing and dosing for magnesium might help you.

    ~Will.
     
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  7. LVsuckerfish

    LVsuckerfish Fire Shrimp

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    you could always cheat and cook the rock lol place all the rock in a tub no life on the rock corals fish or anything. place a bunch of heaters in there keep the water around 86 alot of light t5s will work scrappings from some other coraline to seed and fulll bottle of purple up leave in for a few weeks and walla you have pink green and purple rock. it is cheating but it works lol
     
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  8. supratt

    supratt Fire Shrimp

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    all I know is this...
    PH 8.2
    ammonia 0ppm
    nitrite 0ppm
    nitrate 1ppm

    no clue on calcium and ect...
     
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  9. robwerden

    robwerden Feather Duster

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    use DT's 3 part calc,alk,mag and measure your levels. I have my calc at 520 and coralin is growing on literally everything and the tank is only 1 month old
     
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  10. robwerden

    robwerden Feather Duster

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    The calcium level needs to be at least 420 for coraline to grow
     
    robwerden, Jul 18, 2009
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