Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
I'm sure some of you have seen the pics and read about my lace rock with all the slime on it.
Well, I decided to take it out today and give it a good soak and scrub in hot water. Got it out and filled the rubbermaid tub with hot water and a capful of bleach.
Decided to check my chemicals and got:
0.5ppm ammonia
10 nitrate
17 nitrate
:pissedof:
It's a 30g tank, so I did a 10g water change. I've had about 15g of saltwater mixed up for about 2 weeks, just sitting in a rubbermaid tub, so when I saw those numbers I had to change some water.
Got my nitrites down to 5 and my nitrate down to 12. Ammonia won't register on the test.
I made up some more saltwater incase I have to change more tomorrow.
That darn lace rock was just COVERED in green algea that I didn't notice. I thought it was just a stained rock, but when it got wet, all that algea swelled up and started to rot. It got all slimey. I've been scrubbing it with a heavy plastic handbrush that I picked up at Target. I musta knocked off 1/2 a coke can worth of gunk. It's soaking some more and I'll scrub it again before bed tonight and then drain the water. Refill with fresh water and let it sit overnight.
The shrooms, fish, sponge, snails and tube worms look okay for now. Haven't seen any dead critters so far.
Anything else I should do? Planning to test tomorrow morning before work and might do a quick water change before I head out, if I need too.
Thanks
Well, I decided to take it out today and give it a good soak and scrub in hot water. Got it out and filled the rubbermaid tub with hot water and a capful of bleach.
Decided to check my chemicals and got:
0.5ppm ammonia
10 nitrate
17 nitrate
:pissedof:
It's a 30g tank, so I did a 10g water change. I've had about 15g of saltwater mixed up for about 2 weeks, just sitting in a rubbermaid tub, so when I saw those numbers I had to change some water.
Got my nitrites down to 5 and my nitrate down to 12. Ammonia won't register on the test.
I made up some more saltwater incase I have to change more tomorrow.
That darn lace rock was just COVERED in green algea that I didn't notice. I thought it was just a stained rock, but when it got wet, all that algea swelled up and started to rot. It got all slimey. I've been scrubbing it with a heavy plastic handbrush that I picked up at Target. I musta knocked off 1/2 a coke can worth of gunk. It's soaking some more and I'll scrub it again before bed tonight and then drain the water. Refill with fresh water and let it sit overnight.
The shrooms, fish, sponge, snails and tube worms look okay for now. Haven't seen any dead critters so far.
Anything else I should do? Planning to test tomorrow morning before work and might do a quick water change before I head out, if I need too.
Thanks