Why is Fiji coralline algae so PURPLE?
Greetings again, esteemed fellow wet-heads. I’m about to set-up a larger reef tank, which will focus on “Indo-Pacific” livestock, especially those from Fiji. So that I can make life as comfortable as possible for all future inhabitants of the tank, I’m trying to find out what environmental factors make Fiji live-rock coralline algae so predominantly PURPLE? I’m not merely jazzed about the color — my hope is that creating a tank which favors purple corallines from Fiji would benefit other creatures from the same neighborhood (duh).
