I think I messed up =(

[clekchau]

I have been filling my new tank with ro/di water for the last week and a half now. I just recieved my base rock and like an idiot I put it directly in the tank where the water turned from crystal clear to a milky almost light greenish color.

I tried to add some circulation with a powerhead as I am unable to plumb the system right now and run filter socks etc..

Do you guys think the ro/di water is still salvegable? Add more circulation and filter socks?

Here are pics for reference

 

[KenT]

Did you rinse the rock before you put it in? I don't think it will be a problem. When then tank is full get some good circulation and the skimmer should clear it up.

BTW, where did you get the rock, looks nice.

 

[clekchau]

i did rinse the rock but not thoroughly enough i guess . my skimmer and circulation will not be here until a few weeks hopefully. so do you think once they get here and i get everything plumbed and running, the ro/di water currently in the tank will be ok? i hate to think of refilling the entire tank all over again that would take forever.

i got my rock from http://www.marcorocks.com/ and it is absolutely amazing, huge huge nice pieces, i was shocked at how big they were.

 

[Gundo5000]

I think youll be fine.

 

[invincible569]

You will be ok.

What part of TX are you from? Nice rock by the way.

 

[clekchau]

i am in dallas, thanks

 

[RokleM]

It's always cloudy when you start a tank. It will clear up pretty quickly.

I do hope you're adding a salt mix, instead of straight RO/DI though. That will be a pain to get mixed well after the water is in the tank.

 

[clekchau]

why will it be a pain to mix?

i wasn't planning on adding salt until the tank/sump was filled. i will have a sequence hammer head for a return pump with about 5000 gph and 2 custom eheim stream pumps inside the tank making almost 9000 gph of flow, wouldn't that mix the salt adequately?

as of now it would be a bigger pain to premix saltwater in 55 gallon batches before putting it into the tank.

 

[smcnally]

Marcs rock is amazing and he has great prices. I have a few of his rocks in my tank too.

 

[RokleM]

I would recommend adding it to a very open, very high flow area at a slow rate. It can be done, but is most of the time a bigger pain than mixing it before hand. Undissolved salt can get suck in the rock work, etc.

I understand the limitation. The time involved in creating enough water to fill the system is irritating to say the least

 

[jmccown]

just add the salt slowly and in high flow areas.

 

[JPA]

I did the same thing. I just mixed the salt into a slurry and poured it directly into a high flow area. Make sure you use a salt that mixes easily.

Joe

 

[asm481]

Dumb question here....Doesn't fresh water kill all possible life in the liverock? I thought you had to have salt mixed before adding rock.

 

[djr2001]

I've done that 101 times.. Add a skimmer. it'll be okay

 

[drummereef]

On a lighter note, that rock looks killer! Nice buy.

 

[jayo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8883683#post8883683 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by asm481
Dumb question here....Doesn't fresh water kill all possible life in the liverock? I thought you had to have salt mixed before adding rock.

Yes, fresh water would kill anything on live rock. The poster started with dry rock (follow the link in an above post to see the product he started with), so there was no life to worry about losing.

jayo

 

[RokleM]

I got my rock from reeferrocks, but I agree that is some sweet looking rock. It looks like it's full of holes. You might think about adding a piece of live rock in there as well, but that's just me.

 

[clekchau]

would just adding salt and circulation do any good? i have an old mag drive pump i can throw in there for circulation but my main flow pumps and skimmer will not be here for at least 2 weeks.

i thought i would get a head start and add ro/di water and the base rock, i didn't realize it was going to turn into a swamp

 

[asm481]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8884302#post8884302 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jayo
Yes, fresh water would kill anything on live rock. The poster started with dry rock (follow the link in an above post to see the product he started with), so there was no life to worry about losing.

jayo

My bad. Should have read closer.

 

[nikonosis]

I am in the process of doing the same thing with the same rock you have... I am not worried about it, i know the skimmer will clear it up! Although I have already put salt in my water.