Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
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xvCODY
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Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
Tomorrow i'll be re-aquascaping my 30g reef. I've been on a winning battle against hair algae but i want the main source of the problem gone which i believe is a small "nook" in between 2 rocks that's gathering detritus. The main worry i have is, how long can live rock be out of the water before i have negative effects?
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goldielocke76
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Re: Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
xvCODY wrote:Tomorrow i'll be re-aquascaping my 30g reef. I've been on a winning battle against hair algae but i want the main source of the problem gone which i believe is a small "nook" in between 2 rocks that's gathering detritus. The main worry i have is, how long can live rock be out of the water before i have negative effects?
I'd say at least a few hours. I had some that was out of the water when I moved, and I didn't see too much of a negative effect. PP prolly knows better, but to be on the safe side, I would say no longer than 3 hours. As long as it's kept damp, and not sitting in direct sunlight, I think you should be ok. When mine was out, I had it sitting on painter's plastic in the house, so it never really dried out. HTH
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5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
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xvCODY
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Re: Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
Oh, that's waaaaay longer than i was thinking. Mine will only be out for a MAX of 5 minutes. Thanks! 
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goldielocke76
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Re: Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
xvCODY wrote:Oh, that's waaaaay longer than i was thinking. Mine will only be out for a MAX of 5 minutes. Thanks!
LoL np! Glad that what little experience I had was able to help. ^.^ Good luck with the re-aquascaping. LoL I did that too, and it took way longer than was intended, but the end results were well worth it ^.^
5.5g: Pond snails
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
5 minutes would be much better. Within a short time, bacteria starts dying off causing another cycle.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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xvCODY
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Re: Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
I suppose i could add a few update shots for anybody interested.. =D
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xvCODY
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Re: Re-Aquascaping tomorrow
Here's a FTS before the re-scape.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ank002.jpg
Here are shots of the tank now. Mind the mess in the water, i just did some cleaning inside. =]
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape001.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape002.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape003.jpg
I don't have a very nice camera (Like a DSLR) to take nice shots of all my coral so here's a shot of my biggest zoa colony. The colony has spread out over the 2 months i've had it and every head has doubled in size, if not gotten bigger. The biggest one is about 3 inches long and about an inch across the front.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape004.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ank002.jpg
Here are shots of the tank now. Mind the mess in the water, i just did some cleaning inside. =]
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape001.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape002.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape003.jpg
I don't have a very nice camera (Like a DSLR) to take nice shots of all my coral so here's a shot of my biggest zoa colony. The colony has spread out over the 2 months i've had it and every head has doubled in size, if not gotten bigger. The biggest one is about 3 inches long and about an inch across the front.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ape004.jpg
