Comments on: Coralline Algae – Love It Or Hate It

By: Joseph Condron@Yellow Magpie

Joseph Condron@Yellow Magpie — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:07:18 +0000

It depends on your aesthetic preferences. Although I would try and prevent it from occurring in the first place.

By: John

John — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:32:09 +0000

I’ve allowed coraline algae to grow on my back glass, and if its there its obviously on rocks. The appearance is brilliant, real ‘reefy’. I clean it off the viewing glasses periodically. I try to give it the best environment with calcium addition and maintenance of alkalinity at just under 4.0 meq/l.
But its all in the eye of the beholder.

By: jeffry r. johnston

jeffry r. johnston — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:29:14 +0000

I’m with you … I don’t dig how coralline algae looks on glass. On live rock is cool; mixed feelings about it covering the back wall. Although I am told that it is a good sign when you begin seeing it grow. I have some on the live rock in our tank, but not on the walls yet. The marketing department here at Marine Depot has had our 24-gallon AquaPod up and running since about mid-May … about 3 months. I will probably post some updated photos in our Flickr account this week. Check ‘em out!