tank almost 2 months old and no corraline

[classklown90]

So I keep seeing all these biocubes with large patches of purple growth on the back wall, I believe its corraline? anyway I have very little of this on my rocks and none on my wall. Only place that its very prevelant is on a rock that i bought that had already been covered. Why isnt it showing up? BTW i have a 14 G biocube. its a month and 3 weeks old

 

[Brad.Sedore]

it took over a year for my biocube to be covered as much as it was.. its not an over night deal

 

[Just.A.Bit.Salty]

Im not sure about a BioCube but in my 55 gallon I used to have it was roughly a year before my wall began to be covered.

 

[Deep Seven]

There's a company that puts base rock in the ocean and then sell it as live rock. I believe they leave it in the ocean for 10 years.

 

[classklown90]

okay so the fact that i see little is not a probem? i just thought itd start showing up alot now. guess not. thanks guys

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

What are your calcium and alkalinity levels? If your calcium is at least 380ppm and your alkalinity is above 8 dKh, then you should be OK. If below those levels, it's going to effect your coralline growth.

But I agree with what the others have said - it takes a while for it to take off. A year for decent coverage is about right. A while back I posted several pictures over the first year of my tank, showing the progression of the coralline. I'll see if I can find that post...

[Edit: Found it. Near the bottom of the following post: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f45/not-happy-108423.html ]

 

[mr_X]

if you scrape some off of that rock and grind it up and put it back in the water it will spread to other surfaces faster.

 

[Krypt]

You can also just brush the rock with a toothbrush every day or two inside the tank. It'll spread real quick. I did that in my 55 and I started seeing growth on the back wall at 4 months and at the year mark it's pretty much totally covered.

 

[classklown90]

thanks nelson. krypt and mr x, ill be sure to scrape some off, thanks for th advice