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Originally Posted by RioReefr
Everything I have read/researched about Coralline Algae....is that you need to keep the water parameters as STABLE as Natural Seawater:
Salinity: 1.025-1.026
pH: 8.3
Calcium: 450
dKh: 8
Nitrates/Phosphates: as close to 0 as possible.
Lighting: preferably blue spectrum wavelength
Temperature: 80 F
Supposedly, pH and Salinity are the most important to keep very stable. Being summertime, are you are using an ATO to keep Salinity stable?
The other thing is flow and detritus buildup -- use a turkey baster or point your powerhead at the rocks containing the coralline. Detritus buildup could be suffocating it.
The likely cause is that water parameters are probably fluctuating too much.
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Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS.
Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300
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