Purple Up Coraline Algae Accelerator Questions.

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 09:39 PM

Hello everyone, I have just purchased some Purple Up Coraline Algae Accelerator additives that I'm interested in using on my aquarium so that I can finally see some coraline algae within my aquarium. My questions are below:

1. Has anyone used the chemical additive and had it work? My aquarium contains no Coraline Algae within it does this require Coraline algae present within my aquarium?

2. The directions state that it is to be added no more then once a day but does not state how often after that once a day I should add it?

3. I have some nuisance Cyno growing within the tank that I'm combating will adding this checical additive increase the problem that I am currently combating?

Thanks for your help everyone.

pham411 · 07-12-2006, 09:43 PM

1. ive used it, it works.
2. i just stuck to the instructions, once a day.
3. i dont think cyno and coraline use up the same nutrients. try chemi clean, or more flow in your tank for the cyno

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JayBeDriften

Hello everyone, I have just purchased some Purple Up Coraline Algae Accelerator additives that I'm interested in using on my aquarium so that I can finally see some coraline algae within my aquarium. My questions are below:

1. Has anyone used the chemical additive and had it work? My aquarium contains no Coraline Algae within it does this require Coraline algae present within my aquarium?

2. The directions state that it is to be added no more then once a day but does not state how often after that once a day I should add it?

3. I have some nuisance Cyno growing within the tank that I'm combating will adding this checical additive increase the problem that I am currently combating?

Thanks for your help everyone.

1. i have used it before. have a rock with coraline on it will help, but it is not impossible to grow coraline from none.

2. use it until you think you have maximised coraline growth and then you no longer use it.

3. no, it will actually help your situation.

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 10:06 PM

jumping in with a question, if you achieve the corline algae amount that you want and you stop dosing will it grow like a weed from that point or will it take some time?

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fat walrus

1. i have used it before. have a rock with coraline on it will help, but it is not impossible to grow coraline from none.

2. use it until you think you have maximised coraline growth and then you no longer use it.

3. no, it will actually help your situation.

I will begin dosing tonight! Teach me more Grand Master Reefer Walrus.

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 10:10 PM

So is it safe to say that when my entire aquariums panes except for the front are full of coraline algae that I have maximized Coraline Algae growth?

Raggamuffin · 07-12-2006, 10:12 PM

1. Never used it but plan on it. Many in the local fish club swear on useing a bottle on newer tanks to get the boost before clean up crews go in and have advised me that it helps even after that if you just toss in a dose a week.

2. Once a day, I'd guess anywhere within a couple hours is ok. Myself I do all my fishy chores the second I get out of the shower after work.

3. It won't have an effect on the cyno directly I don't think. I took a very cheap way out of my cyno problem,I bought this phosblock filter pad at my LFS for $8 and cut a little chucnk out of it every 2 weeks or so and use it as a prefilter media. It wiped out my problem in 2 weeks the draw back is it gives you a false very high ammonia reading on all the tests I've tried so that kinda becomes a guess unless you let it clear itself from the system.

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wwest

jumping in with a question, if you achieve the corline algae amount that you want and you stop dosing will it grow like a weed from that point or will it take some time?

well, scraping coraline algae is the BADGE OF ACHIEVEMENT, so more coraline is desirable. it won't grow like a weed......using purple up is just to get a head start, after that i is up to your tank parameters to maintain it.

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Raggamuffin

1. Never used it but plan on it. Many in the local fish club swear on useing a bottle on newer tanks to get the boost before clean up crews go in and have advised me that it helps even after that if you just toss in a dose a week.

2. Once a day, I'd guess anywhere within a couple hours is ok. Myself I do all my fishy chores the second I get out of the shower after work.

3. It won't have an effect on the cyno directly I don't think. I took a very cheap way out of my cyno problem,I bought this phosblock filter pad at my LFS for $8 and cut a little chucnk out of it every 2 weeks or so and use it as a prefilter media. It wiped out my problem in 2 weeks the draw back is it gives you a false very high ammonia reading on all the tests I've tried so that kinda becomes a guess unless you let it clear itself from the system.

I'm going to pick up one of the phosphate absorbing pads myself next week.

Raggamuffin · 07-12-2006, 10:32 PM

gimmie a sec I'll run upstairs and see if I can find the brand name.........

*Imagine huffy puffy noises*

It's a Pura filtration pad, was $7.99 a pad cut to fit. Do not worry when your tank clouds for about an hour it goes away and that + during water changes for the 2 or 3 weeks following the first use just try to syphon out what ya can. It didn't "kill" the cyno just takes out of the water what it needs to grow. Went from tons to none in under 4 weeks.

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 10:34 PM

a lot of these filtration pads require pre-rinsing, otherwise...your skimmer will go nuts.

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Raggamuffin

gimmie a sec I'll run upstairs and see if I can find the brand name.........

*Imagine huffy puffy noises*

It's a Pura filtration pad, was $7.99 a pad cut to fit. Do not worry when your tank clouds for about an hour it goes away and that + during water changes for the 2 or 3 weeks following the first use just try to syphon out what ya can. It didn't "kill" the cyno just takes out of the water what it needs to grow. Went from tons to none in under 4 weeks.

Thanks for the information I actually was in need of changing the filter pad in my wet/dry filter.

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by fat walrus

a lot of these filtration pads require pre-rinsing, otherwise...your skimmer will go nuts.

I have heard that it is necessary to turn off any proteins skimmers to effectively have chemical Cyno killers work properly? Any truth in this?

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JayBeDriften

I have heard that it is necessary to turn off any proteins skimmers to effectively have chemical Cyno killers work properly? Any truth in this?

yes. i know that every brand that i have ever encountered needed to turn off skimmer.

pham411 · 07-12-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wwest

jumping in with a question, if you achieve the corline algae amount that you want and you stop dosing will it grow like a weed from that point or will it take some time?

beginers always want coraline to grow, people that have been in the hobby for a while find that it can be a nucience.

pham411 · 07-12-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JayBeDriften

I have heard that it is necessary to turn off any proteins skimmers to effectively have chemical Cyno killers work properly? Any truth in this?

yes they usually do. chemi clean seems to work well, ive never used it though