My kh stays very consistently at 9dkh and my calcium at 440 (dipping slightly towards water change time every 2 weeks). I have coralline growing to the point I'm having to scrape it off the front and side glass every few days. It took about 6 months of my tank re-establishing its self after moving it and balancing and then suddenly the coralline took of like mad.

I've also noticed it's encrusting the hard part of coral skeletons. For example I have a couple candycane frags that had white skeletons when I got them and they are now purple (or pink or kinda blue... I have different colors going). Same candycanes have spawned 2 or 3 heads a piece in the couple months I've had them. :)

I keep testing and waiting to see either my kh or calcium take a hit as my corals grow (I actually have a few stony corals now including a ORA Miami Orchid that is growing like a weed). So far it's holding steady so I'm not dosing anything. I'm kinda dreading reaching the point where the growth in my tank outstrips what water changes will replace.

Liz

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From: ssgheislerswife@sbcglobal.net
To: Saltwater_Fish_and_Reef_Aquariums@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [S&F and Reef Aquariums] My new tank!

Purple up is the stuff they rinse off of reef sand! Not really but I think it is a waste of money. I am testing Reef Fusion 1and 2 by Seachem.

Ginny

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From: Colby
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:06:25 -0800 (PST)
To:
Subject: Re: [S&F and Reef Aquariums] My new tank!

They sold me some stuff called PurpleUp coralline algea accellerator, I think its for the same thing. Told me to use it once a day for a week. Has anyone ever heard of this stuff?

"It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the
journey that matters in the end."

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From: ssgheislerswife@sbcglobal.net
Subject: [S&F and Reef Aquariums] My new tank! [1 Attachment]
To: Saltwater_Fish_and_Reef_Aquariums@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 10:48 PM

I just did the full gamut of tests for the first time.

SG: 1.026
Nitrate: 0
Phosphates: 0
Total Alk: 3.5 meq/l
Carbonate Alkalinity: 2.5 meq/l
pH: 8.2
Calcium: 425
Magnesium: 1500

Going to have to dose Carbonate Alkalinity every day until the consumption slows down, things are already starting to turn purple.

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