White plaque on my live/dry rock

Saltwater newby

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My tank is just about done cycling. I've been dumping microbacter7 4 caps a day almost everyday for about 2 weeks more or less. Now I just noticed a white plaque on my rocks. I tried scraping it off but it's pretty hard. I'm hoping this is not a bad thing. I currently have 2 damsels that a friend gave me. I just purchased Kessils 360we lights and I've been turning them on, here and there and today I had them on for the majority of the day. Maybe this has something to do with it.
 

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Coralline will bleach out when it isn't exposed to light and doesn't like the parameters. When I cycle a tank with liverock atleast part of the coralline usually bleaches out but comes back
 
Martini5788 said:
Coralline will bleach out when it isn't exposed to light and doesn't like the parameters. When I cycle a tank with liverock atleast part of the coralline usually bleaches out but comes back
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Ok. Should I run my lights a bit more? I'm expecting to get my first batch of live stock this weekend 6 chromis 2 nemos 😬. Will this stage of the rocks and coralline algae be harmful to the fish??
 
No it won't be harmful if the Tank is fully cycled. I hope you have a qt set up though, especially for the chromis. Although you should absolutely qt everything, which is what I do. Also, for a newly
Cycled tank you
Can't add 8 fish that quickly. You should add the cuc, wait 2-3 weeks and then add 1 or 2 fish
 
You are also asking for some serious trouble with having that many damsel type fish in a tank. And it unnecessary and mean to cycle a tank with fish.
 
How big is your tank? Your bio load will go too high and your natural filtration won't be able to handle it adding that many fish at once and you will likely kill them because of it. Also just curious, why that many chromis? Is it a price thing or a schooling thing because they won't really school in most home size tanks and will winnow their way down to one eventually.
 
Martini5788 said:
No it won't be harmful if the Tank is fully cycled. I hope you have a qt set up though, especially for the chromis. Although you should absolutely qt everything, which is what I do. Also, for a newly
Cycled tank you
Can't add 8 fish that quickly. You should add the cuc, wait 2-3 weeks and then add 1 or 2 fish
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Ok, makes sense. How do I set up a qt set up? And pardon my ignorance , but what's "cuc" stand for?? Does that stand for clown fish of some sort??

But regardless I'll take tot advice and add only a small amount . Maybe 2 to begin with??
 
Crooked Reef said:
How big is your tank? Your bio load will go too high and your natural filtration won't be able to handle it adding that many fish at once and you will likely kill them because of it. Also just curious, why that many chromis? Is it a price thing or a schooling thing because they won't really school in most home size tanks and will winnow their way down to one eventually.
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Ok. I'll add not 2 to begin with. The reason for that many chromis was a schooling . I figured they always school, but I see I stand corrected. :hmm2:
 
Martini5788 said:
You are also asking for some serious trouble with having that many damsel type fish in a tank. And it unnecessary and mean to cycle a tank with fish.
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Yup, I've heard all about the cruel was of fish cycling. It was bad advice from a friend that has a larger tank and he gave them to me. :sad1:
I won't do it again....
 
Saltwater newby said:
Yup, I've heard all about the cruel was of fish cycling. It was bad advice from a friend that has a larger tank and he gave them to me. :sad1:

I won't do it again....
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A lot of people still cycle with damsels unfortunately. No one can fault you for trying to take advice from a seasoned hobbyist, but in the future it is unnecessary and we have a much better method. When you cycle a tank with fish in it that haven't been qt, you are taking the chance of introducing a parasite from the very beginning of the tank that could infect all fish introduced later on if you don't handle the problem. The only real way to handle the problem would be to leave the tank fish less for 72 days. As far as the chromis goes, the resident fish disease expert on rc( who studies fish disease for a living, name is steve( snorvich)), a lot of chromis come in with a parasite called uronema. Uronema is impossible to treat in an established tank because it attaches to the bacteria on the rocks so if it is introduced you have to essentially start over with bleached rocks and new sand. Qt the chromis for a long time, and follow the treatment in the disease forum. Cuc stands for clean up crew, ie snails, hermits crabs, cleaner shrimp
 
Wow!!
That's freaking crazy!! Nobody has remotely even come close to mentioning anything to me regarding the bacteria with Damsels. I wish I would have know. Now I'm nervous to start off my tank because I feel like it'll be a disaster from the get go...[emoji17][emoji849] My family is dying for me to get some nicer fish in there.
 
Saltwater newby said:
Wow!!
That's freaking crazy!! Nobody has remotely even come close to mentioning anything to me regarding the bacteria with Damsels. I wish I would have know. Now I'm nervous to start off my tank because I feel like it'll be a disaster from the get go...[emoji17][emoji849] My family is dying for me to get some nicer fish in there.
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I don't think damsels are prone to uronema, hopefully someone with more experience will comment on that. Chromis are very prone to uronema though. The damsels, if they came straight from a tank that has not been well qt or a fish store, could have introduced ich, even if they aren't currently showing any symptoms which could infect the other fish once they are introduced into the tank. Chromis need a long qt though. And I would recommend treating all fish coming in for parasites in a qt tank.
 
Oh man.... I'm definitely not feeling confident at all....[emoji17]
Ok, so what do you recommend I do? As far as my plans were to get at least the clown fish this weekend? How do you qt??
 
Look at the stickies in the new to the hobby section. There will be a setting up one at the bottom. Read those, and then if you have questions let me know. Have the damsels ever had any white spots on them? Where did you get them from?
 
Martini5788 said:
Look at the stickies in the new to the hobby section. There will be a setting up one at the bottom. Read those, and then if you have questions let me know. Have the damsels ever had any white spots on them? Where did you get them from?
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Ok
I will check the forum....

No spots on the Damsels. My friends got them from an LFS they seem really healthy.
 
Yes...
And before my 75g they're in now, I had them in a 65g with a canister filter that I decided to get rid of and bought a new Red Sea reefer350 for more suitable marine aquarium keeping. I transferred my dry rock and live sand along with the the water but I had to get more water as the new tank is bigger and came with an 18g sump
 
Saltwater newby said:
Yes...
And before my 75g they're in now, I had them in a 65g with a canister filter that I decided to get rid of and bought a new Red Sea reefer350 for more suitable marine aquarium keeping. I transferred my dry rock and live sand along with the the water but I had to get more water as the new tank is bigger and came with an 18g sump
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Alright. Any fish introduced now needs to be qt though beforehand. It will save you a lot of headaches later on. So I would get the clowns that you want, qt them for 4-6 weeks, then put them
In the display. Once you get used to maintain a qt tank, then you can try chromis if you really want to.
 
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