Live rock health

[Enzo14]

Hello! Just checking to see what you guys think about these live rock. I purchased them from another reefer. I’ve been storing them in a container for a little over a month. Questions I have:

1. Just noticed little white dots -issue?

2. I got them this way but why are the top 2 rocks completely different colors?

3. Any thing I can be doing while waiting for my main tank to be done, such as dosing nutrients?

 

[lapin]

Too far away to tell what the white dots might be.
The color on the rock can be different corailine algaes.
Throw in some fish food or a table shrimp. Something for the bacteria to eat.

 

[BOYERZ]

I suspect spirobid worms, can't tell from the pics. Take a turkey baster to them and see if they blow off. If they blow off, not spirobids. They are good for your tank to a point.

You'll have to get some macro shots.

 

[Enzo14]

Too far away to tell what the white dots might be.
The color on the rock can be different corailine algaes.
Throw in some fish food or a table shrimp. Something for the bacteria to eat.

So like ghost feed? How long should I leave the shrimp in there for?

 

[Enzo14]

I suspect spirobid worms, can't tell from the pics. Take a turkey baster to them and see if they blow off. If they blow off, not spirobids. They are good for your tank to a point.

You'll have to get some macro shots.

Ty! I googled spirobid words and they looks pretty similar to some of those white dots

 

[Enzo14]

So like ghost feed? How long should I leave the shrimp in there for?

 

[BOYERZ]

Get some rods, lrs whatever frozen food you like. Put a small cube size or smaller 1 time a week.

 

[lapin]

Until your ready to move the rock into your display tank. It will decay and there might not be anything left