seaham358
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Base rock is dead and there should be no die off. Rinse good with fresh or salt water and toss in tank using fresh will not make a difference because it is dead rock. PH not running will not make a difference.
Not really, there's no life on dry base rock or die off so nothing to keep alive or real need to aerate.MarkW19 said:Does the powerhead issue matter,
Yesif I test for ammonia now and its 0, am I good to go?
Correct. The only reason I suggested that in the first place was as you said, the possibility of contaminates. The rock you where buying was freely accessable to be handled by the general public and a possible concern. Otherwise it would not have been a consideration.MarkW19 said:you just suggested putting the rock in the container with a powerhead for a few days ("you can let it sit in a pail of SW with carbon and a powerhead for a few days") so I thought it must be important - I guess if anything is on the rock (contaminents etc.) then the powerhead will help them get into the water, and show in ammonia?
So, if ammonia is now at 0, the rock is perfectly harmless?
I would suggest testing it again. Simpley using water from the main tank is not really enough to spur on ammonia. Was the carbon also from the main tank and "used" before?MarkW19 said:I used used SW from my waterchange (ie. just come out of the tank that I wouldn't thrown away otherwise). Is it possible the ammonia would have been present in that water, and with the bacteria not being present in my container to convert it, it's simply escalated to 1mg/l?