O.k. Another Lr Question

Hey Guys...

O.k. After Soaking In 50/50 Bleach Then Fresh And Then Baking Soda Then Getting Stabbed Nine Times By A Crazed Maniac At One Of My Gigs. Once In The Face Mind You . Im Finally At The Drying Point In The Game And Was Wondering Something... I Understand The Bleach , Freshwater And Baking Soda Thing But What Exactly Is The Drying Thing For? Shouldnt It Be O.k. To Put Back In After All That? Not That Im Going To But Just Curious. One More... When I Do Add My Lr Back Will The Tank Cycle Again ? My Nitrites I Believe Have Peeked And Began To Drop . Theyre At About 0.1 Yesterday. They Peeked At About .5

 

By "nuking" it like you did and then letting it dry out completely, you essentially turn your liverock back into base rock. It shouldn't cycle your tank if there is nothing on it that's decaying (dieoff).

 

Cycle again ? You removed the rock from the aquarium I assume and then cleaned it and you still have to old sand and water in the tank still ? and you have a Nitrite level of 0.1 ? How laong had the tank been running and why did you remove and soak the rock ?

 

yes i removed it did the whole bleaching thing. the rock has always been problematic for me. always semed to have like a carpet of green algae fur. i added more sand to the tank as well. not a dsb but another 2 inches as i only had about 1 inch in there.when i removed the rock tons of brown stuff completly clouded the water . i did have a circulation problem that i have since fixed. tank was a few months old.. it was a redo after a total loss do to power outage by human hands. tank sat for months.. i did a 50% water change as well after removing the rock... i wanted to start clean with the rock. please bare with me .. im recovering from an injury and am on some heavy pain meds.. lol.. hope i answered it all tangster..

 

thanx bogie