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    Posted: February 15 2011 at 4:31pm
Hi, I'm trying to get my coralline algae to start spreading more rapidly.  My tank is about 8 months old and was in good shape but I had some frustration with it because I had tests that were giving me false positives (on ammonia and nitrites) so I somewhat gave up on it for several months.  Now I am taking care of it again and I noticed I haven't had any new coralline algae growth since gaining interest again.  I was using an old canister filter to run water through phosphate absorber (rowa phos) but my canister filter finally died and the rowa phos is quite expensive.  I am wondering if phosphates are the likely culprit, and if so, what is a good, inexpensive way to handle high phosphates?  Thanks in advance for any help!!
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It's very unlikely that PO4 is a problem. It's actually less of a problem than most hobbyists think.

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if you turn off your filtration and scrub the coraline algae  with something like a razor blade it will sprear faster
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