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I was wondering I just got some live rock to add for my tang and my cangel fish. I have a large amount of (base rock) mixed with texas holey and some tonga( I think) that I would like to get some purple growing on. Im adding calcium wi,ll this do the trick? What else should I do
 
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Just be patient. As long as you maintain your calcium where it should be (400-450 ppm) your coralline will eventually take off. I've also heard that it can be sensitive to pH, and I noticed this in my tank. When I was battling my low pH problems, it almost completely stopped growing, and now that I have corrected it and my pH stays in the correct range, the coralline has taken off again.

Some people say that adding strontium will help it grow faster. I tried it for a couple of months and never really noticed a difference. I stopped adding it, because I don't like adding things to my tank that I can't test for.

I've also heard of people taking a rock with coralline on it and scrubbing it while holding it in front of a powerhead. Supposedly, this knocks the spores loose and spreads them around the tank, so they can land on other rocks and start spreading. Again, I've never tried it, but heard that it works.
 
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Thanks mike Whats the best leval of ph that you speak of. I have always kept mine in the range (safe)But now im getting into things that need more exact figures your help would be great thanks.
 
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The acceptable range is 7.8 to 8.3. Your pH will fluctuate throughout the day, but shouldn't be anymore than .2-.3 fluctuation. When I was having pH problems, it would only get up to about 8.0 during the day, and sometimes dropped as low as 7.6 at night. Now it's 8.0 at night and 8.3 during the day, which is the range most people shoot for.
 
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With a calcium test kit. And when you're picking that up, get an alkalinity kit if you don't have one. Both are very important to monitor and maintain for a reef.
 
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I picked up a few frags today from city pets and im going to see ow they do. Will they need any other feeding other than calcium in in the tank?
 
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that depends on what kind of frags you picked up, but the answer is most probably 'yes'. corals (like people) need certain elements to live. i think some of the more common additives are strontium, iodine, calcium, and magnesium (off the top of my head. perhaps i've left out a few). basically, you can go to your lfs and look at their dry goods. they'll always carry a bunch of multivitamin solutions that you are supposed to add regularly. some people don't and seem to grow their corals w/o problems, but the water will lose those 'essential elements' over time.
 
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Well recently ive been doing about 20% per week and I picked up some "real ocean water" that im going to use this next week as im out of salt. Friday I will buy a new bucket of salt and get back on my normal sched.
 
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