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A testament of life.......

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Lilrodyreefer
, 01-15-2011 at 08:18 PM (2796 Views)
So I have a 10g tank, in my soon to be fish room, with some old substright, a bio wheel backpack filter and a light. The tank temp is below 60 degrees and the salinity is at 1.023. The light stays on for about an hour a day and has some natural light for the rest of the day. It has been running like this for about a month.

The first few weeks there was no life at all. Then I saw some small snails moving around the sandbed. A few weeks later I found a small pure white aptaisa and some small copepods. I was amazed that from a lifeless setup that these small creatures adapted to the cold water of the tank.

I am planning on keeping this tank going as is to see what happens, to see what grows, and to see what stays alive. I will try to post pictures of everything as I go.

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  1. marks69's Avatar
    i had about 50lbs of live rock in my garage. dried out, sitting in a cardboard box with no lid. it was given to me and sat out there for around 3 years. i smoke in the garage all winter, fire up the snow blower inside, sometimes use my smoker in there (when it's really cold out). have spay painted in there, welded, glued all sorts of projects together. i put the rock in some saltwater and it sat there for around a month with just a heater and power head. stuff came to life. in the 3 months it was like that my 5 year old was down there several times a day checking.lol
    amazing what can happen
  2. Lilrodyreefer's Avatar
    That's pretty amazing. If you can search for a tv show called "oceans blue" I believe. There is one episode about the red sea. It deals with the temp of the red sea. It's a deadly 90+ degrees. Te corals are adapting to there climate!!!! They use some kind of allege in there skin. Its not zozanthella. I will watch the program tomorrow and post again. It's an amazing series about all the regions of the oceans, there climates, and there ecosystems.
  3. Caviar's Avatar
    We underestimate the capabilities of all marine life. Think about it, all life started in the ocean, and is the oldest ecosystem on our planet. Marine life must adapt to survive. And adaptation is its greatest weapon for survival.
  4. briight's Avatar
    We had a similar experience with a piece of rock we bought at the LFS. It was with all the other base rock, except it had purple crusty stuff all over that was crumbling off. We brought it home and put it in the trashcan with saltwater and a power head, and it started to grow coraline nicely. Its in our 20 gallon now, you'd never know it was "dead" when we got it.
  5. tank41's Avatar
    About 18 years ago my Mom and Dad went to the Hawaii islands. I told them if they had the oportunity to bring me back some shells to do so. My mother not having any clue what live rock was found a pretty good size rock that she picked up on the beach. She kept it in their hotel room for several days before they departed back home. She told me it stunk so bad that she washed it in the bath tub with soap and water at the hotel before bringing it home. She then placed it in a plastic bag and then went in the suit case. I don't know how they made it past customs but they did. When they got home they brought it home and told me what they had done to it. I imediately rinsed it off and stuck it in my tank and after several weeks plants and polyps started growing from the rock. To this day I still have the rock in my tank. My Mom is now in her final stages or Alzhemiers and I will allways remember her when I see this rock. I will allways cherish this piece of the ocean. They had no idea what they were doing when they picked this up and had no itentions of breaking any laws so I hope this does not offend anyone. I love you Mom.