Allrighty, now what???

[Anonymous]

So, because my snail died, and the shell had fell in the middle of my rockpile, and because I want to frag this leather so I can have a bunch of groups of them, and because I was tired of my rockpile in the center and want to redesign, and because I was having algae problems because of the way I stacked all the rocks I have decided that I am redoing the whole design. So, I set up another tank with new water and transferred the most of the rock over to it.

Some of you may of seen some of my recent posts asking about some funny bubble looking things, and some of my rockwork which is covered with fuzzy algae.

So, now I have most of the rocks in this other tank, should I leave it with no lights? There are tons of stuff on the rocks I want to keep such as little pods and worms and tons of those feathery looking tubeworm things, how can I save the good stuff yet get rid of the bad?

Also, I am thinking about breaking up the last large rock in the very back. We bought that at a pet store when we first set up our tank in the very beginning. It really looked like a concrete block then in shape, I took and broke a corner off when I was moving it, and its not the same kind of rock as the rest of my live rock that I got from the ocean. In fact it kind of looks man made. Should I be questioning even keeping that in there? It cost me 60 bucks in the beginning, and I would have to figure a way of getting that anenome out of it.

I know, lots of inarticulate questions, well that's what you get for listening to a knucklehead talk.

Here is a current pic

 

[Anonymous]

If you want to keep the live stuff on the rocks but lose the algae, especially the bubble stuff, get a 5 gallon bucket of salt water premade. Get a stiff tooth brush and outside of water scrub off the algae. Dunk it a few times to rinse and put it back in the tank with light. The bubble I would try to remove without popping it. That is what I would try, but then again I am a ranger not a marine biologist. Just don't dump the dirty water into the tank lol :lol: .

 

[Sula]

This is in reaction to a dead snail?
What do you do when you lose a fish? 8O

 

[Anonymous]

This is in reaction to a dead snail?
What do you do when you lose a fish? 8O

I normally go stand in the corner and cry....






















:lol:

No, really, its not all about the snail, there were other factors too.

 

[Anonymous]

I am going to stretch out remodling the interior over a couple of weeks because the inhabitants were very unhappy about the changes.

The Rock anenome has shrunk in size considerably although there is still good color to it. I am hoping against hope that it will move, its wedged into the biggest piece of rock and I really want to take that one out of the tank too. I tried getting it out of the rock when it first went in there, but the foot is really fastened.

Any tips on getting an anenome to move?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

You can try aiming a powerhead directly at the anemone's foot. Or a baggie full of ice and hold it near it's foot till it lets loose. I've read that either of those methods usually work.

 

[Anonymous]

Bry,
If you want to get rid of the fuzzy stuff, you'll need to go no lights, frequent wc's and skim heavily. The only thing on the rock that needs lights are little pieces of coral maybe. Dusters, snails, starfisheys and pods don't need the light.

Ahhh, cooking rock is way more fun than curing rock! :twisted:

 

[Anonymous]

Well, I found this thread and it obviously needs an update

I got the anenome out, the powerhead trick didn't work, squirting it repeatedly with a turkey baster didn't work, holding an ice cube actually on the foot (in a baggie of course) didn't work.

What did work was pulling the rock out of the water until the anenome was half in and half out of the water and then prying it out with a plastic spatula, a popsicle stick, a butterknife and a turkey baster

That sucker was stubborn!

Anyway, it then fell to the bottom of the tank, found another rock and fastened itself to it, it seems to be allright now.


The big rock with the holes in it that didn't really come from the ocean is now laying outside of my house "curing" I will probably clean it up next summer and try to sell it.

A couple of these rocks that were in the tank still have the algae on them that I don't like, I am going to banish them to the sump sometime this weekend.