Hi all,
I added some old dry rock a couple weeks ago and I started noticing a couple days ago a brown film on them. Today I can clearly see it is like a brown slime. They have some tiny micro bubbles starting to lift it so I can definitely see the slimey-ness.
The rocks I added were some old dry rocks that had been in a tank long ago and had sat in my backyard for years. I bleach cured them by the process I’ve seen explained by BRS. I had them sitting in a solution of RO water and bleach for a week. Then a few days of them sitting in Fresh RO water with dechloronizer. Then I let them dry out for a day. Then I put them in RO water again for a day and tested for chlorine. Since it was showing no chlorine I put them in the DT.
a week after there were no I’ll effects to the inhabitants nor any difference showing up in my water analysis. And then the brown stuff started showing up. Again, exclusively on the newly added rocks.
I just wanted to know if this will go away on its own and just maintain my weekly water changing regiment or if I should be doing/checking for something else.
I added some old dry rock a couple weeks ago and I started noticing a couple days ago a brown film on them. Today I can clearly see it is like a brown slime. They have some tiny micro bubbles starting to lift it so I can definitely see the slimey-ness.
The rocks I added were some old dry rocks that had been in a tank long ago and had sat in my backyard for years. I bleach cured them by the process I’ve seen explained by BRS. I had them sitting in a solution of RO water and bleach for a week. Then a few days of them sitting in Fresh RO water with dechloronizer. Then I let them dry out for a day. Then I put them in RO water again for a day and tested for chlorine. Since it was showing no chlorine I put them in the DT.
a week after there were no I’ll effects to the inhabitants nor any difference showing up in my water analysis. And then the brown stuff started showing up. Again, exclusively on the newly added rocks.
I just wanted to know if this will go away on its own and just maintain my weekly water changing regiment or if I should be doing/checking for something else.