Worst Part Of A New Tank

[Matt1997]

I picked up 2 55 gallon barrels used to hold olives and they have been working great. Smelt like olives for a few weeks even after a bleach rinse, multiple freshwater rinse, and a vinegar rinse.

 

[Luke.]

I picked up 2 55 gallon barrels used to hold olives and they have been working great. Smelt like olives for a few weeks even after a bleach rinse, multiple freshwater rinse, and a vinegar rinse.

Lol..

 

[Seasquirt]

I think you might be right about the ugly rock, my rock looks terrible, i need to get a donor rock with Coraline all over it.

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[Luke.]

@Seasquirt
I just got a friend to scrape off some from his glass and I added large chunks to the rocks and crushed the rest and sprinkled it .. (you just need the spores from the coralline to grow) I just got my lights up and my all’s very low around 6.5 so dosing will be happening soon and then it should start to take off

 

[Seasquirt]

So are we dosing for Coraline? Sounds funny but ya why not, my Alk is a bit higher, Calcium is at 450

Do i need to interduce the Coraline spores or will it grow if i bump up my perameters by dosing?

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[Luke.]

Coraline has to be introduced to the tank , and what I mentioned was what’s needed for it to grow

 

[Seasquirt]

Sounds right, I've been keeping the back glass clean as the tank is set up for a peninsula, see right through it.
So much to do when the tank is in its first 6 months

 

[Seasquirt]

I'm starting to see specs of Coraline on my rock, some of my rocks are so black right now, no algae issues but that's because of the two tangs,I've got a few flat worms and I'd rather not get a Sixline, they can be pesty buggers.

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