purple up?

chevyjaxon · #1 02-15-2008, 03:13 AM

ive heard of a product called purple up made by caribsea its supposed to be real good for live rock corals and just the overall water quality of a tank any thoughts or experiences before i buy this and start to use it?

dsaundry · #2 02-15-2008, 03:45 AM

I use it and I love it..works well for me...

mr_alberta · #3 02-15-2008, 04:38 PM

Looks like Purple Up is just a calcium suppliment geared towards growing coraline algae. I doubt it would do anything for other water parameters like Phosphates, Nitrates, etc etc.

Lance · #4 02-15-2008, 05:17 PM

Quote from the bottle: (Unique dual method approach to coralline algae acceleration. 1. Ionic calcium: Immediately raises dissolved calcium levels in your aquarium water. 2. 10 micron aragonite: Targets the live rock surface, where it dissolves in situ, delivering calcium, strontium, magnesium, and carbonate right where it is needed. It also replenishes iodine.)
Hope that helps.

Shipwreck · #5 02-15-2008, 05:20 PM

If you have good water quality and a little coraline on the rocks you will be scraping it off the glass in no time. If you want to do anything to improve your coraline as a local reefer to scrape some of their coraline off the glass into a bag then dump it in your tank.

Save your money and use it to buy a magnetic scraper to get rid of coraline instead.

bv_reefer · #6 02-15-2008, 10:32 PM

i use it for calcium, it's great, quite potent though, and from what I see it's great for coralline growth, my back and side panels are smothered

adidas · #7 02-15-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bv_reefer

i use it for calcium, it's great, quite potent though, and from what I see it's great for coralline growth, my back and side panels are smothered

my back and side panels are covered and i've never dosed anything..its crazy

bv_reefer · #8 02-15-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by adidas

my back and side panels are covered and i've never dosed anything..its crazy

ya i gotta admit, i've been dosing calcium, alkalinity buffer, strontium, and all that stuff ever since i started

DanG · #9 02-15-2008, 11:41 PM

I've used it for quite a while and been very happy with it. It works well and is well priced. Make sure when you buy it that it hasn't solidified on the bottom.

I did read something somewhere bad things can happen when you stop using it, but never found any truth to it.

chevyjaxon · #10 02-18-2008, 01:35 AM

ok i bought the purple up how often should i dose it? my tank is only 5 weeks old any thoughts?