fishhawk123
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Hello, my name is Walt and I have a problem. Wait..this isn't reefers anonymous? Well ty for letting me share anyway.. Ok , I am setting up another system after a long hiatus.
I bought 58 lbs of pukani dry live rock from aquacave. Rock is gorgeous. I asked for 2 to 3 rocks and they sent me 4. Thank God because they are huge.The other 30 or so pounds were true Fiji live rock that I had in my first reef tank over 15 years ago. It was stored dry in a tote for over 13 yes when we had to move. That rock was recently pressure washed, and added to the main DT with the new. After two weeks or so sitting in the DT I noticed something flower shaped growing out of the 13 yo dead Fiji rock. Even tho I only had my first tank up for a year, I don't think I ever had aptaisiamand I don't think that is what it is. What organism can stay dormant that long and come back in only about 3 or 4 weeks of being in a cycling tank.
Current setup and parameters are: 125g 6' DT. 55g sump with old euroreef 6-2 skimmer. Heater- temp 78.5f 60 gallon dedicated refugium plumbed in but has not been online with other system ever. DC return pump w/ 1200gph ghost overflow (bean animal). Salinity at 1.025 (if my old refractomete can b relied upon)
Any Ideas on what is growing on these rocks? I have not yet tested for ammonia or nitrates but that is beside the question here. There is more that one of these things growing and I will look but there might be some on the new pukani as well. I know this will be an old joke, but I have been trying to do this on a budget...yeah right. Oh and lighting has been very me minimal to none. I bought a cheap t5 quad setup on eBay. Finding a Is six foot fixture on a budget is not easy.with a built in timer as well for both set of t5s and x8 blue moonlites in LEDs on timer as well. It will work until I upgrade to all LEDs.
Thanks in advance
Waqlt
I bought 58 lbs of pukani dry live rock from aquacave. Rock is gorgeous. I asked for 2 to 3 rocks and they sent me 4. Thank God because they are huge.The other 30 or so pounds were true Fiji live rock that I had in my first reef tank over 15 years ago. It was stored dry in a tote for over 13 yes when we had to move. That rock was recently pressure washed, and added to the main DT with the new. After two weeks or so sitting in the DT I noticed something flower shaped growing out of the 13 yo dead Fiji rock. Even tho I only had my first tank up for a year, I don't think I ever had aptaisiamand I don't think that is what it is. What organism can stay dormant that long and come back in only about 3 or 4 weeks of being in a cycling tank.
Current setup and parameters are: 125g 6' DT. 55g sump with old euroreef 6-2 skimmer. Heater- temp 78.5f 60 gallon dedicated refugium plumbed in but has not been online with other system ever. DC return pump w/ 1200gph ghost overflow (bean animal). Salinity at 1.025 (if my old refractomete can b relied upon)
Any Ideas on what is growing on these rocks? I have not yet tested for ammonia or nitrates but that is beside the question here. There is more that one of these things growing and I will look but there might be some on the new pukani as well. I know this will be an old joke, but I have been trying to do this on a budget...yeah right. Oh and lighting has been very me minimal to none. I bought a cheap t5 quad setup on eBay. Finding a Is six foot fixture on a budget is not easy.with a built in timer as well for both set of t5s and x8 blue moonlites in LEDs on timer as well. It will work until I upgrade to all LEDs.
Thanks in advance
Waqlt
