I just got my live rock in today, and I did the best I could to scrub it, get obvious patches of dead things off of it. There was even one place on the rock (stop here if you are eating) that looked like a mucous discharge, like the rock had a runny nose. It was kind of gross, so I scrubbed it all off.
I am happy to report my powerheads must be placed well, as the water is flowing every where at a fairly nice pace...however, I am noticing now that there is all sorts of stuff all over the rock waving at me! They do appear to be small pieces of dead plants, etc. There's no way I could scrub those all off!
Will they eventually come off? I realize it is just the first day and so there is no need to panic, but it really doesn't look good at all. The algae coverage is beautiful, I see green, purple, a lot of pink, and some yellow. However, I don't care for the way my rock is waving at me! 8O hehe!
Also, I see little tiny green circular things on the rock in many places...if you have a penny, they are about the size of Lincoln's face...are these what you are referring to by "copepods"? They look like little miniature coffee pods...
Paul
I am happy to report my powerheads must be placed well, as the water is flowing every where at a fairly nice pace...however, I am noticing now that there is all sorts of stuff all over the rock waving at me! They do appear to be small pieces of dead plants, etc. There's no way I could scrub those all off!
Will they eventually come off? I realize it is just the first day and so there is no need to panic, but it really doesn't look good at all. The algae coverage is beautiful, I see green, purple, a lot of pink, and some yellow. However, I don't care for the way my rock is waving at me! 8O hehe!
Also, I see little tiny green circular things on the rock in many places...if you have a penny, they are about the size of Lincoln's face...are these what you are referring to by "copepods"? They look like little miniature coffee pods...
Paul