Dry Rock is Green

[Maine Reefer]

My dry rock is/is becoming green. Is this normal?

 

[Water Dog]

How old is your tank?

 

[Maine Reefer]

How old is your tank?

I set it up early December. So almost 2 1/2 months old.

 

[rockstarta78]

This is normal. It takes time for dry rock to mature. I have a piece of rock that I added 6 months ago, and it's still green. If you add a piece of live rock, it will seed the tank faster.

 

[Water Dog]

New tank ugly phase... it’s perfectly normal.

 

[Maine Reefer]

This is normal. It takes time for dry rock to mature. I have a piece of rock that I added 6 months ago, and it's still green. If you add a piece of live rock, it will seed the tank faster.

Thanks!

 

[Maine Reefer]

New tank ugly phase... it’s perfectly normal.

Thanks!

 

[Porpoise Hork]

New tank ugly phase... it’s perfectly normal.

This.

Give it a few more months and as long as water parameters are favorable Coraline should start appearing and covering all your rock.

 

[Maine Reefer]

This.

Give it a few more months and as long as water parameters are favorable Coraline should start appearing and covering all your rock.

What color will that be?

 

[XNavyDiver]

If you start to see almost lime green patches on your rock, coralline is right around the corner.

 

[XNavyDiver]

If you start seeing almost lime green patches on your rock, coralline is right around the corner.
Dry pukani in my tank:

 

[Jeepguy242]

I use dry rock rubble for frag plugs.

They all turn green and ugly before they mature. Takes about a month or 2 before they start getting coralline or the frag encrusts them

 

[pdiehm]

my pukani started out as a whitish. then it went brown. then it went green, coraline is starting, it's back to a brownish, with some slime on the rocks (which is slowly fading away).

 

[HexaReef]

If you start to see almost lime green patches on your rock, coralline is right around the corner.

Mine started like this, now there is purple coralline algae spots all over it. As well as my powerheads and glass. Get your razors ready!

 

[Porpoise Hork]

Mine started like this, now there is purple coralline algae spots all over it. As well as my powerheads and glass. Get your razors ready!

I got one of these to scrape the glass, works like a champ.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X41Y6VG/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As for powerheads, once every couple months I pull them out and soak the plastic parts in a white vinegar/hot water solution for about 10-15 min. Then I rinse everything and reassemble the pooweheads. Within a few hours any coraline on the plastic turns white and then flakes off over a few days.

 

[Aqua Nut]

If you start to see almost lime green patches on your rock, coralline is right around the corner.

My tank is 2 months old and just started showing lime green. I’m so excited to hear coralline is around the corner. Ty so much for that info