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Hi,

I have 130l aquarium, started in November 24., I have a pair of clown fish, a cardinal and a Damsel. I have used dead marco rocks for my tank and how to get coral line algae in the rocks now?., Can i add a piece of live rock from other source to start the process?
 

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Hi,

I have 130l aquarium, started in November 24., I have a pair of clown fish, a cardinal and a Damsel. I have used dead marco rocks for my tank and how to get coral line algae in the rocks now?., Can i add a piece of live rock from other source to start the process?
yes you can do that, but you need to coral dip that rock so no pests or hitchhikers. you could also add snails that have Coraline on their shells. but again, it depend on how stable your water parameters are.
 

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Yes to adding live rock.

I would never dip diver collected live rock. I am all about biodiversity.

This is what I use:




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yes you can do that, but you need to coral dip that rock so no pests or hitchhikers. you could also add snails that have Coraline on their shells. but again, it depend on how stable your water parameters are.
I have been constantly checking for Nitrite and phosphate, ph at 8.1,
 

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yes you can do that, but you need to coral dip that rock so no pests or hitchhikers. you could also add snails that have Coraline on their shells. but again, it depend on how stable your water parameters are.
You mean these desirable hitch hikers:

 

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Where in Norway are you located?

As a crew chief on US Air Force diplomatic courier between 1966 -1970, we flew into Oslo.

Thirty years later, as a senior subsea engineer in deepwater drilling, It was strange to me, when I returned to the land of the midnight sun and worked in shipyards in Pori, Finland.

PS: I worked for Odeco when the Ocean Viking drilled the first exploratory oilwell off the coast of Norway, in the WINTER. It was a rough time.
 

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