Coraline disappearing
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Sniperhank
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Check your parameters regarding the hair algae for one possible reason if there haven't been any other changes.
mrvincent
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How's your Alk, Calcium and Magnesium ?
PH?
PH?
Sniperhank
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Lighting changes can cause it to bleach out too.
carey
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I've found that higher than normal nitrates will also cause the coralline to bleach.
mrvincent
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What's "normal nitrates" levels ?
mrvincent
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Ah, never tested over 1ppm in my tank...
Sniperhank
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There isn't any need to dose your tank unless it is heavily stocked with corals. Keep up with weekly water changes and things will be fine.
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mrvincent
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Before dosing, you must test for the current values....
Have you seen any asterina stars in your tank? I had them populate pretty quickly in my old tank and they devoured my coralline. I don't see any in your photos, but they cant be ruled out IME.
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Dary421
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Interesting read.... I've got a million of'em
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Some of them go to town on it, some don't. Mine did! Lol. Do you have plenty of coralline?
Dary421
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Yep ... Lots of that too lol
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Well it sounds like you have a nice janitorial crew then. Asterinas are good cleaners.
maybe they are but I can't stand those little buggers , I suck them out with every water-change ,
as for Coraline I think it grows faster on my glass and power heads rather than on my rocks , what little Coraline I got my urchin makes short work of it , never see those annoying stars on the rocks just on the glass
as for Coraline I think it grows faster on my glass and power heads rather than on my rocks , what little Coraline I got my urchin makes short work of it , never see those annoying stars on the rocks just on the glass
Mine covered my rock. That harlequin harlequin took care of them though!
I had ones in the past in other tanks that loved to eat my zoa's
I'm glad the ones I have now stay on glass just waiting to get sucked out lol
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