Dirty Live Rock

[SBGRAD24]

I recently set up a 29 gal nano with about 40lbs of Fiji live rock. The rock seems to be covered with detritus and I am not sure if this is totally normal. The water looks dirty because of all the dirt floating off of the rock. I've had a FOWLR before and don't remember having this problem. The last few times I've done water changes I have directed a power head at the rock to stir up the junk, and then siphoned out as much of it as I could. Is that a good idea or should I let it be? I wouldn't mind it so much if the water didn't have so many tiny particles floating around in it all the time. Please help!

[HuBu]

if you have a filter in the tank. just put a floss pad in the filter to clean out the dirt. it should settle eventually.

[lizbeth]

If you have an power filter fire it up with some floss. It really helps.

 

I though I'd try a new to me method with the rock I got yesterday. I scrubbed it with a tooth brush to get the obvious dead stuff off rinsing in a bucket of saltwater as I went along. LOTS of gunk came off. In that gunk were lots of critters I wanted to save from the cycle so I put the gunk in a critter keeper with an air stone....instant refugium kit.

 

In the cycling tank I'm running two power filter because gunk is still falling off the rocks!