New Tank, Added live rock

Just set up a new 72gal bowfront tank 5 days ago, added live rock 3 days ago and now that i can see into the tank the live rock is now white and not like it came. Any HELP would be great!!!

 

Why were you not able to see into the tank?

What specificaly has changed to you LR since purchase?

 

He couldn't see into the tank because the sand was kicked up in the water. It has settled down since then.

My guess is that it might be bleached coralline, or algae of some sort simply died off of it.

Then again, I am not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to this subject.

 

uncultured live rock ??

 

Fishflyer: I wasn't able to see at first b/c i only waited 36hrs before adding the live rock and from what the LFS said the salt is still disolving. and the live rock was coated with white stringy sutff a few days after i added and the salt disolved, i did happen to rinse the rock off with saltwater in a 5gal bucket and it took most of the white stuff off but it still does look like it when i got it from saltwaterfish.com(Ultra Premium Fiji Live Rock 20-25lbs) you can see what it did look like on that site. The LR is Pre-cured as the site says.

 

Viper, This is normal. Your LR will change a bit during the first couple of weeks. Typically the Coraline Algae will bleach out. this is OK because it will come back if all things are correct.

I'm not sure if I like the answer your LFS told you for the cloudy water. it was likely you sand that caused the cloudy water. Most salt manufacture strive for very fast disolved rates. I have never had cloudy water because of salt. The white sediment on your LR was the fine particals of sand settling on your rock

 

Jason, thanks for your input, if you go to that link that i last posted at saltwaterfish.com you can see what it did look like and i did take pics this morning so u can see what it looks like now that i rinsed it in a 5gal bucket.

 

Ya I would second the sediment from the sand as the reason the rock had the white film on it especially if it came right off when you rinsed it. From that pic it looks like a bit of the coralin has bleached also. Just keep your water parameters up and add two parts time and one part patients and it will come around. Good luck.

 

Too bad LFS doesn't sell buckets of time and patience...I'd buy a pallett of the stuff!

 

OK guys thanks for the input, just wanted to make sure i didn't throw money down the drain yet.