Faded coralline algae?

Tru2nr

Tru2nr

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ok this is weird i know coralline comes in many colors but anyone noticed fading in it..i have a cpl of peices of rocks that have some coralline algae that is faded and some rocks where its not at all is this normal?
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Scouter Steve

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I have two display tanks, common sump so water is all the same. With my MH250watt I have little growth but the T-5 tank is nice deep purple. I test and maintain levels close to NSW and I do notice that growth still comes in waves. Grows like mad one week a bit of recession the next.
 
Tru2nr

Tru2nr

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ive never checked my mag before which i guess i need to start doing my alk is at 11dkh calc is at like 400 and my bulbs are only 110w of PC lightning so i don't think itsa the lightning guess ill have to check mag and start dosing it?
 
Tru2nr

Tru2nr

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I just wanted to thank everyone for their advice i got my self a mag test kit the mag was super low so i started dosing kent's Tech-M and the fade has gone away and the coralline is starting to grow slowly
 
Tru2nr

Tru2nr

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yeah tobad the fading is coming back now and my levels are almost spot on except i know mag is a bit low and i added 96w of lightning but also changed from having all 2x 9200k 55w pc lightning to having 2x 10k/blue-3 55wpc and a 10k/blue 96w pc lightning so im up to 206w of lightning which is startin to make me feel better on my 55g but anyways here are my test levels...
Temp: 78.4
Mag: 1320(roughly just found out my mag test kit doesn't go over 1280)
Calc: 500
Alk: 10Dkh
PH: 8.2
Ammo 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
Phos 0( i wonder how much is being leached by some algae in the tank tho)
 
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