Increasing Coraline Algae Growth

[woody88]

Hi all! As the topic says, how to increase/encourage coraline algae growth!

I've looked into it and there seems to be all sorts of ideas on how to promote coraline algae growth. Thing's from removing any UV sterilisation, Increasing the output of any actinic lighting or adding too it [apparently coraline grows much faster in a blue spectrum], increasing nutrients in the tank [something I don't want to do] and dosing the tank with something called 'garth gunge'.
According to some websites, pink coraline algae grows under intense lighting while purple coraline grows under little or no light. How true this is I don't know.

My coraline IS growing but I would like to increase it with dosing or changing any water parameters to do it.

What do you guys suggest?

Cheers all!

 

[-Nemo-]

Calcium is important, make sure it stays within a suitable range. Many of those coraline algae "increasers" are mainly calcium.

"According to some websites, pink coraline algae grows under intense lighting while purple coraline grows under little or no light. How true this is I don't know."
Im my experience, that is untrue. There are different types of coraline, including plating coraline that grows similar to montipora coral (really beautiful!), what kind you grow in your tank, depends on the live rock you get. I personally have just about every color of coraline there is...

 

[jameshughes1989]

Just make sure the calcium levels are stable and in the correct parameters. With that, good lighting and good flow it will grow. Just have patience bud, it will grow. Luckily when I bought mine it was covered in it. It is very pretty.

 

[woody88]

Cheers guys, my cal levels are good, plus plenty of flow and light.
My LR is mainly Fiji, tonga and java............if that helps?