Eating My LR? - Page 2

KeMo · #1 09-02-2010, 03:22 PM

Ok look. Your not understanding. The holes in the rock . They were not Their when rock was bought. It was the sand in between the rocks the was dust and dust fell apart. So the to holes fell apart in the middle to make one big hole. So I stuck my finger in the hole and it just went deeper into the rock , with more dust (rock) Also when i pick up this rock in question dust pours out from holes in the bottom. Its not sand the colour of the dust stuff is alot darker. I am seeing other holes now around the tank. I know this because they are the same size and they always have abit of that dust buildup around the hole or just inside of it. I am gona soak them in soda see what happens.
But i am still going to bake them as after i get new rock their is no way i am risking it with this thing in my tank. If i had a cam i would post pic.
Oh who ever said maybe the rock was not hard or something.
Some of the holes are in parts of the rock were it was crusted hard with calc and everything . I know im not crazy and their is something in the rock. Im shure that the amount of time everyone stares at their tank they would notice new holes the size of a dime in their rock. Well I do To.

muck · #2 09-02-2010, 03:34 PM

Damn dude...weird stuff.

I sure as hell wouldn't be sticking my fingers into odd holes in my live rock. Last thing I would need would be a mantis smash or some other very unpleasant surprise.

daniella3d · #3 09-03-2010, 12:00 AM

Ok I got you. This is really wierd. What type of rock is it?

I suggest you go with totoka rock if you can. It's very porous and has a lot of surface for the bacterias to colonize so you need less of it for the same result.

There is no way something big could hide in the totoka liverock because there is usualy no room for it to hide, unlike a big dense rock.

Looking forward to the result of your diping. Really wierd story.

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Originally Posted by KeMo

Ok look. Your not understanding. The holes in the rock . They were not Their when rock was bought. It was the sand in between the rocks the was dust and dust fell apart. So the to holes fell apart in the middle to make one big hole. So I stuck my finger in the hole and it just went deeper into the rock , with more dust (rock) Also when i pick up this rock in question dust pours out from holes in the bottom. Its not sand the colour of the dust stuff is alot darker. I am seeing other holes now around the tank. I know this because they are the same size and they always have abit of that dust buildup around the hole or just inside of it. I am gona soak them in soda see what happens.
But i am still going to bake them as after i get new rock their is no way i am risking it with this thing in my tank. If i had a cam i would post pic.
Oh who ever said maybe the rock was not hard or something.
Some of the holes are in parts of the rock were it was crusted hard with calc and everything . I know im not crazy and their is something in the rock. Im shure that the amount of time everyone stares at their tank they would notice new holes the size of a dime in their rock. Well I do To.

reeferious · #4 08-31-2010, 11:19 PM

to ease up your anxiety about soaking rocks in club soda just make sure soda is room temperature and that you're not soaking rocks overnite, 5 minute soaking at a time will cause most undesirables to crawl out of rocks with minimal harms to most creepy crawlies inside rocks. replace rocks into tank and repeat soaking process next day or two should enable you to find out what's drilling those holes in your rocks. i've done this procedure a few times to flush out a few mantis shrimps, some 12 to 18 inches long worms and even a few stubborn hairy crabs and yes these are still full of life living in my refugium.

KeMo · #5 09-01-2010, 03:36 AM

Im Kinda worried about putting my LR in club soda. I think is going to make a cycle again. Im going to take out a one piece that i know one of those f-ers is in and soda that sun of a . Ill see what comes out and take it from their. Im going to the store on Tuesday. Im going to tell them whats going on. Ive spent alot of money at that store.
If I cant seem to get anywhere im going to buy new LR from some were else and cycle it in a tub, Take this stuff out, let it die and re cycle it too.
Thats all i can think of.
Well I would say Dont Buy LiveRock from bigAl's In Toronto. Badd badd .

lastlight · #6 09-01-2010, 05:42 AM

I'll bet the live rock in town all comes from a handful of places...maybe even one. I've gotten nasty things inside rock from LFS I love. It's rock and it's a total crap shoot. That's sorta what's cool about spending so much on hunks of rock.

KeMo · #7 09-01-2010, 01:37 PM

I was thinking the same thing. The rock sold in Toronto stores proubly does come from the same supplier. Yes its great to get all the different kinds of life on the rocks when you buy them. But when you spend 300 on rocks and find out that they are slowly turning to dust because of some kinda bug or some thing in them it sucks. I would rather of gotten dead rock and seeded it my self. I cant add corals because of these things. So Im gona get more rock and pitch this stuff in the sun to bake abit and die off then re cycle it in a rubbermaid , with power head and heater.