Panic Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 In the excitement of putting in my 16lbs of beautiful live rock (2' tank - roughly 15Gallons), I added another inch of coral sand which the LFS provided. He said I could dunk it straight in, so I did. I didn't see my rocks until yesterday afternoon (incidently, the live rock is beautiful stuff, with massive encrustations of coralline "leaves" extending up to an inch away from the rock - at roughly $3/lb) Now, everytime I do something, it stirs up this micro powder. Should I leave it as is, and hope it dissolves, maintaining a high calcium level, or should I disassemble, and rinse all my sand (half of which is already live and teeming? I have no fish/inverts to worry about (6 stupid blue-legged hermits, but they don't count), and a few mushrooms... Yes, I feel stupid. Rub it in. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 if the sand is teeming with life, let it sit and don't stir it up. after a few days the sand should settle and remain settled unless you give it a real stirring. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 don't panic. take a cookie. i guarantee by the time you walk out that door, you'll feel better... Link to comment
Panic Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 Well, it was dry coral sand, different from the stuff I already had in my tank. I only had 1.5", so it made sense to put in at least another 1". It does settle nicely after a while, maybe it'll keep me from aquascaping unneccessarily. I got a rock anenome on my live rock... dunno what to do with it. Worried it might bother something. Link to comment
Jandree22 Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 hey Panic, don't panic.... (hehe, sorry, had to) seriously though, sand it a lil biyatch that way, takes forever and a day to settle. Once it finally clears out and all settles you should be good to go, though. Link to comment
Panic Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 Hmmm, I'm hoping it dissolves/disappears over time. I can't get over this live rock, I've never seen anything like it, can't believethe LFS let it go for so cheap. It's also not "solid" rock, very porous, lots of little holes for... hey, maybe there's a realy nasty mantis shrimp there... hmmm (nope, no panic yet) Link to comment
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