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curious about whiteness on rocks
just as the title suggests i have white coverings on specific rocks in the tank and i wanted to know what this could be? too much light? i have 3 175 watt
mh 's and 4 96watt
pc 's on a 125gal.
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Is it like white patches on the
coralline ? I seem to recall that you just set your tank up and
coralline can bleach if it is exposed to air.
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doubt its
coralline i have only had the tank up for 4 weeks and i have alot of this green algae. havent seen anything else. the
diatom bloom is just starting to go away from a few days ago. though i am surprised since i used tap water to fill because i couldnt figure out how to install my rodi unit. but i havent taken any of the rocks out of the water so how else would they bleach? too much light or too much flow other factors?
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Do you have a picture?
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Has your rocks looked this way since the sand storm settled?
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Can you scrape or blow it off?
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Picture would be nice.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
dadonoflaw i have white coverings on specific rocks in the tank and i wanted to know what this could be?
Is it solid/encrusting or dusty?
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its solid very solid
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dadonoflaw its solid very solid
Without a picture I'd have to guess
coralline that came on the
live rock and started
bleaching , probably due to water fluctuations during cycling.
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