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09-30-2010, 05:52 AM
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F#@!* Whats that smell..
Alright so long story short,
Come home today and the house seems to smell a little funky, couldn't pin point it until I went down to the basement. I have roughly 110lbs of live rock sitting in a big rubbermaid with heaters and powerheads. Was hoping to use this liverock for a tank in the future so it was in storage for now and I had no problems with it being in the rubbermaid thus far. However when I went downstairs it just smelled like a sewer. I go check the rubbermaid and theres this yellowish mucus on the top of the water and covering some of the rocks near the top. Take a quick glance at the temp probe and it reads 93.2F! Sometime from Monday-Tuesday one of the heaters malfunctioned and just cooked the rubbermaid. So now I got to ask because I have no idea is my live rock pretty much done for? I had 0 water at the moment but I'm currently mixing some to transfer the rocks over too asap. I also removed the mucus and gave the rocks that were covered a quick fw dip. Hopefully it's salvageable or I guess i got 110lbs of base rock now..
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09-30-2010, 06:04 AM
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No, just let it re-cycle and cure and it'll be fine. Just give it a couple of months (even weeks) and several water changes.
You actually don't need to keep live rock heated if you are simply "storing" it in a rubbermaid over a period of months. Room temp is fine. Just slowly start bringing the heat up in the weeks prior to replacing it in an aquarium.
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10-03-2010, 01:31 AM
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09-30-2010, 06:04 AM
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Base rock isnt such a bad thing to have.
 I think its toast as far as being alive.
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09-30-2010, 03:07 PM
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Bacteria are tougher than some give them credit for. They're likely the reason for that "mucous" you found (and the smell). In any case, fkshiu's probably right. Give it a while and some water changes and it should be cycled (though less hitchhiker diverse).
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09-30-2010, 03:23 PM
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When I had a leak on my bulkhead for the CL, I ended up ripping out everything and placing them in rubbermaid city for 3 weeks. I had the same issue with my rock, ended up putting some more powerheads in there, and a skimmer. If anything, it took care of some unwanted pests I had on the rock, so when it went back into the main tank...life was good. The smell sucks, but if you vent the room, it should be okay.
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09-30-2010, 03:42 PM
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When storing live rock for a future project I'd try and keep the rock stable at 78-80 degrees. For this rock that has gone foul do some large water changes, let it re-cure and do monthly water changes.
Others on the board please chime in if this is a good idea... If you want to re-populate bacteria use one of the commercial bacteria products like zeobac, BrightWell Aquatics Microbacter 7, Probio, ect after the rock has recured.
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09-30-2010, 05:33 PM
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Having superheated it, it will still function as bacterial rock...but to me its value has been diminished because you will have killed a lot of stuff on it.
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09-30-2010, 06:25 PM
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