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lcstorc · 07-21-2007, 01:11 PM

I've never heard of rock dying from amonia but I suppose it is possible. IMO your best bet is a very large water change. 50% or better. Followed by the same in a day or so. It is quite common to have an amonia spike with uncured live rock. The die-off is causing it. When you do the water change use the old water to submerse the rock in while you scrub it real good. Also be sure to blow off the rocks with a powerhead to get the additional junk moving around in the tank and hopefully you can vacuum it up during the water change. If you aren't running the skimmer I would.
Are you sure about the sea lice? I have never heard of them in home aquaria. Where could they have come from? I don't have any idea if they will hurt anyting or not. They may just become fish food the way pods do.

I'm kind of lost on the plumbint question. Sounds like your return pump is pumping more water than your overflow is allowing but I could be completely wrong on that. Ideally your sump will have enough extra room in it to contain the water in your overflow in case of a power outage.

The good news is that the tank is not full of livestock. These things are much easier to deal with at this stage than they would be later. I'll try to do a search on sea-lice and see what I come up with. I found a pic last time I looked but didn't look very hard.
HTH
Be patient and don't worry. Since it is just rock in the tank, you will be fine. Your fishies are nice and safe in the 10g.

07-21-2007, 01:11 PM	#136 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,431 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Here We Go Again! I've never heard of rock dying from amonia but I suppose it is possible. IMO your best bet is a very large water change. 50% or better. Followed by the same in a day or so. It is quite common to have an amonia spike with uncured live rock. The die-off is causing it. When you do the water change use the old water to submerse the rock in while you scrub it real good. Also be sure to blow off the rocks with a powerhead to get the additional junk moving around in the tank and hopefully you can vacuum it up during the water change. If you aren't running the skimmer I would. Are you sure about the sea lice? I have never heard of them in home aquaria. Where could they have come from? I don't have any idea if they will hurt anyting or not. They may just become fish food the way pods do. I'm kind of lost on the plumbint question. Sounds like your return pump is pumping more water than your overflow is allowing but I could be completely wrong on that. Ideally your sump will have enough extra room in it to contain the water in your overflow in case of a power outage. The good news is that the tank is not full of livestock. These things are much easier to deal with at this stage than they would be later. I'll try to do a search on sea-lice and see what I come up with. I found a pic last time I looked but didn't look very hard. HTH Be patient and don't worry. Since it is just rock in the tank, you will be fine. Your fishies are nice and safe in the 10g. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.