Wtb some frags
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fasteddie222
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What kind of coral do you want. I have plenty of frags I can give you some even free depending on what coral you want
Thanks for the replies guys. I have a 15 gal column with a 20 watt blade led light. So far I have 2 zoas a small Duncan and a Xenia frag I brought over from my main. I contacted the guy with the birds nest, hopefully I can pick up one from him.
I'm honestly up for any coral that I can make work with my led light. If you guys have any good suggestions please let me know. Thanks!
I'm honestly up for any coral that I can make work with my led light. If you guys have any good suggestions please let me know. Thanks!
So I ended up getting a frag of the birds nest and it's a pretty good size for only 5 bucks. However last night, I swear had to be one of the most annoying nights ever. I found out I had a bobbit worm that looked to be about 6+ inches poking his head around.
He was hiding in my biggest live rock in the tank. After 3 hours of trying to catch him, I ended up ripping up my live rock and taking out the one with his lair. (Or that I hope it is).
I dropped the rock to soak in ro water for an hour and he didn't come out. So I got annoyed and threw the rock into a pot and onto the stove for 5 minutes hoping a raise in temp will agitate it enough. Nope, still didn't come out, so I left him in a bucket of ro water overnight.
What makes it worse was I ended up cracking a good peice off my birds nest frag and also crushed my small torch coral (I coral glued around the skeleton in hopes of saving it). On top of that if the worm does not come out of the rock, I am going to take a hammer to it. I want that worm to burn!!
He was hiding in my biggest live rock in the tank. After 3 hours of trying to catch him, I ended up ripping up my live rock and taking out the one with his lair. (Or that I hope it is).
I dropped the rock to soak in ro water for an hour and he didn't come out. So I got annoyed and threw the rock into a pot and onto the stove for 5 minutes hoping a raise in temp will agitate it enough. Nope, still didn't come out, so I left him in a bucket of ro water overnight.
What makes it worse was I ended up cracking a good peice off my birds nest frag and also crushed my small torch coral (I coral glued around the skeleton in hopes of saving it). On top of that if the worm does not come out of the rock, I am going to take a hammer to it. I want that worm to burn!!
tonyftlaud
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Be very careful heating live rock you can aerosolize toxins and inhale them.
There are several threads here detailing just how sick people have become from heating live rock on a stove. It's not an advisable course of action.
Yeah i read about it after I had it on the stove, thank god I only had it on there for a few minutes, won't be doing that again. However the rock is sitting in a tub of freshwater at the moment and will be cutting it up to look for a dead worm carcus.
I'm still looking for some cheap frags if anyone has a few, as well as a 10gal if anyone has a spare to sell
I'm still looking for some cheap frags if anyone has a few, as well as a 10gal if anyone has a spare to sell
Hot fresh water surely killed that worm. No need to break the rock if you haven't done so yet. The decaying organic matter (it's pretty much certain that you killed more than just the worm) will mean that you have to cycle that rock. Depending on system size, and rock size, you may be able to cycle it right in your tank, but safe beats sorry, I would recommend a bucket of saltwater with heat and circulation to cycle it out of your tank.
It's still sitting in that bucket of freshwater. I haven't even touched the rock since it happened. I'll definitely soak it in some saltwater later on. Any idea how long to soak it for?
Not just a soak in saltwater, you have to cycle that rock back to live. You will need a heater to keep a steady temp (about 78*) and a small powerhead to circulate/oxygenate the water. Get out your test kits and watch the ammonia spike. Once you have that, you can just test ammonia every day or two. When ammonia is undetectable, it's safe to put back in your tank. Could take 8-10 weeks, but will likely be somewhere around half that time.
At the moment I have 2 tanks going through a fallow period, and are due for a water change. Can I used the exchanged water for the dead rock cycling? It should have some beneficial bacteria, and I also have bacteria in a bottle that I can use to help cycle to rock. I currently don't have a spare power head, but I do have a 10g power filter that's lying around, can I use that?
"used" water from running tanks is perfect for cycling your rock. It really won't add any beneficial bacteria, as the water column is not where the bacteria live, but it's an excellent way to use something that was destined to be thrown away.
I have never been a believer in bacteria in a bottle, or live sand in a bag, but I don't think either will hurt, or slow the process. Go for it, especially if you have the stuff on hand.
That little power filter is just fine for this purpose. Run it on an established system for a week or so before you put it on your cycling bucket. That will add beneficial bacteria :thumbsup:
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