im pretty sure it just turns it 'burns' the rock like a sunburn from my understanding rocks take a long time to cool down and as your heater cycles on and off it never gets a chance to cool down. what your temp at? i belive it does return to normal in a few months if you lower the temp and if your calcium and iodine lvls are correct
whats happenning to my live rock
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Those temperatures are fine, I would try and get it a little more consistent however.
Tell us more about your rock, how old it was, where you got it from...if its brand new, its likely its going through a die-off period before it gets acclimated.
Rancho Cucamonga eh?
Tell us more about your rock, how old it was, where you got it from...if its brand new, its likely its going through a die-off period before it gets acclimated.
Rancho Cucamonga eh?
well my tank is always at 78 my tank is 60 gl. i bought the rock at a lfs ive had it for about two month now ecerything thats white use to be green and now the bottom of the rock is turning white does a rock need certain kind of lighting or supplements
I useally keep mine at 450 and use kent marein logol's soulition and if you use it be careful with it I anly use one drop in my 25 gallon once every 3 months and check your calcium leavels and Iodine leavens.
No it i a real strong Iodine. and I am just telling you how to get the coral line algie back but before you do it I would suggest that you have your water tested. in all area of the tests.
Assuming you don't have a serious nitrogen issue, or a major heavy metals issue, I wouldn't worry about it. This usually happens with new rock. If your rock is covered with corraline when you get it, it is usually used to very different lighting than what you have in your tank. sometimes when I rearrange rockwork I will get some bleaching from stuff that was sheltered and now is exposed to brighter light. This is a very common occurance. I usually have at least one pincushion urchin in a tank as they like to eat corraline and will strip some of the dead stuff away, allowing new stuff to grow better.
The kinds of corraline that can live in your tank environment will regen in time. It takes a while sometimes though.
Keep up water changes, and put your lights on a timer. If you are going to dose anything, always test your water consistently. If your tank is that new, and you are doing good water changes (using quality salt re: instant ocean, seachem, tropic marin etc), you probably don't need to supplement anything.
The kinds of corraline that can live in your tank environment will regen in time. It takes a while sometimes though.
Keep up water changes, and put your lights on a timer. If you are going to dose anything, always test your water consistently. If your tank is that new, and you are doing good water changes (using quality salt re: instant ocean, seachem, tropic marin etc), you probably don't need to supplement anything.
Agreed...but his die off should have already happened...two months into your tank isnt the time when you should all of a sudden have everything bleach. Something else must have changed.
Well I do a 10 % water change weekly and I also test my water before and after and the results are always where they need to be I do need to get test kits for calciumb and p hosphate would to much calcium. Have any thing to do with the rock
