Is it me or my rocks disintegrating ?

[Habibi Brizzy]

Hey guys,
So since I started this tank in February I’ve been noticing the rocks are either disintegrating or coralline is fading? I don’t know if it’s just me.

this is my tank when I first got it up and running in February

this is my tank currently. It seems like the side of the live rock is gone. Also that turbo snail in the back has a white shell, that white part of the shell used to be pink.

I’m wondering if it could be due to low calcium ? Idk correct me if I am wrong.

My thoughts right now: I recently bought a bigger tank and I’m going to break down this one and move everything to the new one. I’ve been using premixed instant ocean from my LFS, but with this new tank I decided to start making my own saltwater using tropic Marin. I’m hoping that when I transfer everything, it should go back to normal.
what are some of your thoughts ? It would nice to receive some insight.

 

[Staghorn]

The colors are different but the rock seems to still be there. You would have to have super super super low ph in your tank for the rocks to be dissolving. I think it’s just an optical illusion.

 

[Ta2oodfreak]

Did you buy live rock that was already covered in coraline or is that the painted dry rock to give the look of coraline?

 

[Habibi Brizzy]

The colors are different but the rock seems to still be there. You would have to have super super super low ph in your tank for the rocks to be dissolving. I think it’s just an optical illusion.

Yea I check my PH, which was about 8.0

 

[Habibi Brizzy]

The colors are different but the rock seems to still be there. You would have to have super super super low ph in your tank for the rocks to be dissolving. I think it’s just an optical illusion.

Well could it maybe calcium for what is causing coralline to fade ?

 

[Habibi Brizzy]

Did you buy live rock that was already covered in coraline or is that the painted dry rock to give the look of coraline?

I bought cured live rock.

 

[RuuToo]

Just eyeballing it, I’d say you bought cured “Real” reef rock, which is dyed purple and can rake some time to get real corraline coverage. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing - don’t worry. The dry rock looks like what I would expect for a month. Just give them both time, and maybe look for a source to seed some from,

Dave

 

[Habibi Brizzy]

Just eyeballing it, I’d say you bought cured “Real” reef rock, which is dyed purple and can rake some time to get real corraline coverage. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing - don’t worry. The dry rock looks like what I would expect for a month. Just give them both time, and maybe look for a source to seed some from,

Dave

Thanks Dave!
I appreciate the advice.

Brian