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Old 07-31-2008, 12:06 PM
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Hello all!
I had a quick question here regarding coraline algae.
I've got a pretty varied amount of colors going here in my tank, including the puples and reds, some light green, a dab of pink and even some that looks to be almost a yellow of sorts.
But I also have a pretty good amount that looks to be a really drab olive green in color, and it's pretty dark. In the actinic alone it appears to be battleship grey.....do any of you have this color in your tank? I'm just curious!

My levels are all right on except for a slight amount of phoshpates...calcium is 400.

I'm not really worried, but I always read about all these bright colors and this appears to be so dull!

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Old 07-31-2008, 02:19 PM
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I have some olive green coraline. It prefers lower lit areas in my tank. The lighter purple coraline algaes that dominate most reef tanks like higher light levels than most of the more bold color of coraline algae.
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Cool beans Brian!
Thanks for the reply!
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