Need some help new to this saltwater stuff .
Should the live rock have dark green to black Algae on it??? (has some good pink algeas too) I also have large shells that have dark green & black algae? Is that OK to put back into the tank once I remove sand and replace with new water. (new water is RO water that I will be adding proper salt mix) Also some of the smaller piece really stink of dead fish.
I’m in the process of tearing down a used tank I bought and removing the sand all the stinky dead stuff it contains.
As I taking apart I’m still finding live crabs which I’m relocating to a better environment until I wash the tank and fill with fresh salt water.
The plan was to remove all the sand and just put the live rock back in for now, but I’m afraid I will be putting bad rock back in???
Should the live rock have dark green to black Algae on it??? (has some good pink algeas too) I also have large shells that have dark green & black algae? Is that OK to put back into the tank once I remove sand and replace with new water. (new water is RO water that I will be adding proper salt mix) Also some of the smaller piece really stink of dead fish.
I’m in the process of tearing down a used tank I bought and removing the sand all the stinky dead stuff it contains.
As I taking apart I’m still finding live crabs which I’m relocating to a better environment until I wash the tank and fill with fresh salt water.
The plan was to remove all the sand and just put the live rock back in for now, but I’m afraid I will be putting bad rock back in???