Bleached LR

I have a piece of bleached out LR Its really white, it soaked for a few days and now its out baking in the sun im going to soak it one more time and then sun dry it out for a few days, and stick it in the sump. how long do you think it will take for it to color up again and look normal??

 

depends. If you have a already coraline rock you could do some scraping from & help seed it a little that would speed things along. Scrape the side of a rock that doesnt face the front of the tank or something.

 

what do you mean like scrape it off and put it on the bleached rock? im not really sure how to seed rock im a newwwbie

 

YouTube - ‪Coralline Algae, how to increase growth in aquarium 1‬‏

 

That video is annoying as all heck….I only watched 30 seconds and wanted to smack the guy – hold the damn camera steady dang it !

Turn off your skimmer, use a blade and scrape some existing coralline algae from another source in your tank. There is probably plenty of it – take from glass in sump, display tank, pumps or other rocks. Keep the skimmer off for an hour (30 minutes is probably sufficient) the spores will settle in various different places and start new colonies.

For good coralline grow in general you simply need to maintain quality water and it will grow in its own. However, people always ask….so here we go; Maintain stable salinity, keep calcium up, dose AND TEST for strontium, phosphates and nitrates at zero, and keep the alkalinity between 8-11 (I personally aim towards the high side).

You’re specific question of time? How big is the rock and how well maintained is the tank? I can seed a basketball sized rock and have it take color in a couple months and expect it to be covered within a year.

 

That sounds easy enough! the rock isn't really that big its about the size of two baseballs or so, so hopefully it won't take to long before I can put it in the display tank!!

 

Just make sure you have a scraper on hand when the coraline cuts off all viewing access to the tank . Haha!

 

haha Im worried about that, Im not sure if I have too much coralline... I think some might be growing on the back wall but im not sure.

 

Well just have a scraper and it wont get outa hand. I scrape mine off all the time.

 

I dont have any on the glass at all I think some is staring to grow on the back wall, it looks like little light pink spots..