Hey People,
This is all about a calcium supplement I used last year.
I bet not too many of you ever seen or heard of it.
It's called "Purple Up". I use it in my saltwater
marine aquarium. It has no salt it in case you
need to know. It's mostly calcium.
This is what the bottle looks like.
I don't believe it will make your plants purple though.
But then again I did have have a nice landrace Lebanese
go purple on me last year. It was the only one in about
63 to 65 plants to do so. So who knows?
Here she is:
I used this Purple Up because where I grew last year the
swamp water has a very low pH. It's a lot easier carring
a bottle of this than a few hundreds pounds of garden limestone.
So you guerrila growers may really like this stuff. I do.
The type of calcium carbonate present in Purple up is called Aragonite.
Aragonite limestone is a more soluble form of calcium carbonate than
Calcitic limestone or Dolomitic limestone. So it's therefore it's faster
acting and you need less.
You can buy it in aquarium fish stores or online.
A bottle will run you around $20. A little goes a
very long way. They recommend only a capfull to every
50 gallons of aquarium water to bring the calcium
levels around 350 ppm. It looks exactly like milk.
I just added about 5 drops of it to each
2 gallon pail of water to make sure there was some
calcium in my water. Don't use too much. I don't
want anyone burning their prize ladies. Purple Up
will also give your plants strontium,iodine
and magnesium as well. Which I'm sure is
all good.
As with all chemicals less is better.
Less means your plants grow a little slower.
Too much and they'll grow faster till they burn
and it's too late. It's bad enough that most men
forget to flush the toilet. So you know most will
forget to flush their plants.
I use this Purple Up in my saltwater aquarium from
time to time. It promotes Coralline Algae to grow.
Coralline Algae is good algae. Unlike the most that
you've all seen at one time or another. It comes
in many different colors. The nicest to me are
the dark purples,pinks and reds.
Theses are two good examples of what Coralline Algae look like in
my very own tank. Anything red and purple on the rocks and glass
are Coralline Algae. These are my fishes btw and my tank. It's only
a 25 gallon tank so you know a big tank isn't always needed. I do
want a bigger one though.
The familiar Clown Fish or Nemos to most of you who have kids.
This is a Coral Beauty Angelfish. I wish plants came in this colour.
This is all about a calcium supplement I used last year.
I bet not too many of you ever seen or heard of it.
It's called "Purple Up". I use it in my saltwater
marine aquarium. It has no salt it in case you
need to know. It's mostly calcium.
This is what the bottle looks like.
I don't believe it will make your plants purple though.
But then again I did have have a nice landrace Lebanese
go purple on me last year. It was the only one in about
63 to 65 plants to do so. So who knows?
Here she is:
I used this Purple Up because where I grew last year the
swamp water has a very low pH. It's a lot easier carring
a bottle of this than a few hundreds pounds of garden limestone.
So you guerrila growers may really like this stuff. I do.
The type of calcium carbonate present in Purple up is called Aragonite.
Aragonite limestone is a more soluble form of calcium carbonate than
Calcitic limestone or Dolomitic limestone. So it's therefore it's faster
acting and you need less.
You can buy it in aquarium fish stores or online.
A bottle will run you around $20. A little goes a
very long way. They recommend only a capfull to every
50 gallons of aquarium water to bring the calcium
levels around 350 ppm. It looks exactly like milk.
I just added about 5 drops of it to each
2 gallon pail of water to make sure there was some
calcium in my water. Don't use too much. I don't
want anyone burning their prize ladies. Purple Up
will also give your plants strontium,iodine
and magnesium as well. Which I'm sure is
all good.
As with all chemicals less is better.
Less means your plants grow a little slower.
Too much and they'll grow faster till they burn
and it's too late. It's bad enough that most men
forget to flush the toilet. So you know most will
forget to flush their plants.
I use this Purple Up in my saltwater aquarium from
time to time. It promotes Coralline Algae to grow.
Coralline Algae is good algae. Unlike the most that
you've all seen at one time or another. It comes
in many different colors. The nicest to me are
the dark purples,pinks and reds.
Theses are two good examples of what Coralline Algae look like in
my very own tank. Anything red and purple on the rocks and glass
are Coralline Algae. These are my fishes btw and my tank. It's only
a 25 gallon tank so you know a big tank isn't always needed. I do
want a bigger one though.
The familiar Clown Fish or Nemos to most of you who have kids.
This is a Coral Beauty Angelfish. I wish plants came in this colour.
