SRC Member JMW Posted October 9, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, got some live rock which smelled bad, so decided to cure it in a separate container.. Decided to try something new by adding some bacteria to 'speed' up the process. Next day, the rock was sitting in black water(oily scrum layer on top & man, it stank!). I did a 100% water change & even gave the rock a scrub today with toothbrush, but the rock is still black. No visible die off, no sponges, etc, the entire rock is just black, looked like it was dipped in ink... Any of you guys experienced this before? Edited October 9, 2015 by JMW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kenyee Posted October 10, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted October 10, 2015 interesting..any pictures to share? thks Quote @ 291213 Updated video: Kenyee FOWLR http://m.youtube.com/my_videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tuajia Posted October 10, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted October 10, 2015 Wow never heard of such a thing... And you said it's not scrubbing off? Then it can't be cyanobacteria... Alien black ooze? Lol Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member JMW Posted October 10, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 10, 2015 No pic leh.. But what I tried last night was remove it from the water & air dry it. This morn it's back to normal color!! I have started soaking it in water again to see if it turns black again. Now 4 hrs already.. So far so good it's damn weird, nothing I've ever seen before. Don't know whether the cause is the bacteria dose I added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Aung Thu Ice Posted October 19, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted October 19, 2015 may be some decay matters on it when u bought it ? Quote Display tank+ Build in sump : 24" x 15 x 13 (6mm High Clarity Low Iron Glass ) Nuvo Nano 20 Lightings : Innovative marine skyy light (6x3 watt) x 2 Chiiler : Hailea HS 28a (set @26 C) skimmer : innovative Ghost protein skimmer Reactor : coming soon .. Wave Maker : Boyu wave maker wm 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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