lisahellinger
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Sixteen days ago our fish tank installer/local fish store owner placed live rock in our new tank. The smell was horrible for a week. He said this was normal because some of the live rock dies in transit. He then added the lights about a week later (on for about 18 hours/day). This seems like too much to me.
When the rock first arrived I thought it looked pretty good - lots of color - purple(coralline algae, I think), oranges and yellows (sponges?), and pale green encrustations.
We have a chiller that he has not plug in yet because he doesn't have the right temperature probe. The water seemed very warm to us so we purchased a simple thermometer today and it was 90 degrees F. We are worried because the live rock seems very white now. The color that it started with is just not there anymore. Are we just imagining this or has our live rock been cooked, and as a result died over the last week, because the chiller was not plugged in?
Is this normal? If not, what should we do?
Thanks,
Lisa
When the rock first arrived I thought it looked pretty good - lots of color - purple(coralline algae, I think), oranges and yellows (sponges?), and pale green encrustations.
We have a chiller that he has not plug in yet because he doesn't have the right temperature probe. The water seemed very warm to us so we purchased a simple thermometer today and it was 90 degrees F. We are worried because the live rock seems very white now. The color that it started with is just not there anymore. Are we just imagining this or has our live rock been cooked, and as a result died over the last week, because the chiller was not plugged in?
Is this normal? If not, what should we do?
Thanks,
Lisa