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07-29-2003, 12:21 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Texas
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getting concerned
My tank has been up for a week and still cycling. I have 30 lbs of LR in it right now 55g tank but my largest piece of LR is turning white?? Is this something to be concerned with, or is it just a stage that it goes thru???
I am showing some signs of life in the tank, I have the birth of a small feather duster...
Just need a bit of reassurance...
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07-29-2003, 12:28 AM
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calm down there bud....hehe yes usually coraline algae will die off in a cycle...but with proper care it will come back |
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07-29-2003, 12:30 AM
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bone shaker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: so cal
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You're fine. Some of the algae on the rock is probably dying off due to the cycle, was the rock purple and is now turning white?
Hang in there, this is barely the fun part.
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07-29-2003, 12:58 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Texas
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thanks for the quick replies...I was hoping it was nothing...It looks pretty bad with only the actnic on...complete newbie to salt...been doing FW for at least a decade...when I kill the actnic and use the daylight only, the same rock that is turning white has a bunch of small maroon protusions...Is that my coralline trying to come back??
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07-29-2003, 01:23 AM
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bone shaker
Join Date: Jul 2002
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A picture would help, but I suspect that the maroon protrusions are either algae or sponge.
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07-29-2003, 08:34 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Texas
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actually, after making the post, I went to a link I found in one of the other discussions and it is just a microorganism blooming...something like foraminiferans...it says they are no big deal...so I will just continue to watch in bewilderment as it all develops
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07-29-2003, 09:59 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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Yup looks like normal cycle in progress as mentioned. Here is a 3 page link to some Hitchhikers you may find on your LR as the cycle continues and your tank matures!  http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/mai.../faq_rock1.htm |
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07-29-2003, 10:02 AM
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Summer's Daddy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lawrenceville, Ga in a van down by the river
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Just you wait. The fun is barely started. I think I find something new on a daily basis when I started then still 2 years later, I find things new on at least a weekly basis if not more.
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07-29-2003, 10:25 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NYC
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I try not to look at night. I see way to much stuff I have no idea what it is. Very scary 
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07-30-2003, 12:06 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Texas
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I have noticed...no seriously, It seem like so far the only things growing are the foraminiferans, and several tiny feather dusters...
Tell me...is this a sign that my tank is doing well...I still need to add about another 50 lbs of live rock...I am not even thinking of fish or corals for at least 3 more months...or should I be looking further out??
I will also be moving the tank in about 7 months... |
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07-30-2003, 12:20 AM
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2 yrs later and i found a urchin...
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07-30-2003, 12:41 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 25
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my rock is getting hairy....should I shave it ???
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07-30-2003, 12:58 AM
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Guest
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i dont know weather to play on this one or let it go......
are you still cycling...you can rip it out.....once your done cycling add a bunch of turbo and cerith snails..and astreas |
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07-30-2003, 01:26 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
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Hi Morpheus;
Are you running your skimmer? If you are, you should see most of the hairy stuff start to die back soon and what doesn't is for your clean up crew to munch on
More and more stuff is going to pop out on the rock as water conditions stabilze. Night viewing with a red flashlight has kept many a reefer up until the wee hours, lol.
Alice
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07-30-2003, 03:00 AM
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bone shaker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: so cal
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Keep a journal, and in 6 weeks read what you wrote...you'll be amazed all over again.
Don't forget to repeat every six weeks...
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