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Old 05-09-2007, 10:53 PM
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I think the best coralline accellorator is to keep your calcium, alk/dkh, and magnesium well balanced - it will grow EVERYWHERE! You can even bump your magnesium up to around 1400ppm if you want to and it seems to hasten the spread - particularly on the glass.
I have also found that having an urchin in the tank seems to propogate it.
my tuxedo urchin eats it, making coraline kinda sparse in my tank.
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Old 05-09-2007, 11:01 PM
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my tuxedo urchin eats it, making coraline kinda sparse in my tank.
They do eat it but at the same time they also dislodge the spores that cause it to spread. In my experience and also from what I have read they are very helpful in assisting it to spread to the rest of you tank.
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