Snails & Coralline Algae

[wsboyette]

I am trying to encourage coralline algae growth in my newly set up FOWLR, and have four snails in the tank which have done a great job of cleaning up the initial nuisance algae. Will the snails work against me by doing the same thing to any coralline algae that tries to crop up, preventing its growth ?

 

[Smitty]

Nope, your snails won't bother the coralline algae.

 

[BL1]

You'll be fine, I can't think of any snails off the top of my head that eat coralline. It may take a few months though before you start seeing the coralline growing.

 

[JustinsReefTank]

+1 everyone

 

[jcegt87]

the only thing ive had scrape or eat coralline is my tux urching lol, but snail they dont care

 

[bjohanson1234]

You can also encourage the coralline to spread by taking a new tooth brush and scrubbing a piece of your live rock to let the spores circulate through the tank. Do that in front of one of you power heads.