CallMeJus December 2, 2018 Share December 2, 2018 (edited) Hey everyone, so I was blowing off my rocks today and noticed an area that seemed to have what looked like an abnormal area of detritus so I used my finger and the rock literally started disintegrating! My finger went right through the rock and I picked out a clump of grey matter. It did a number on the visual water quality (more than normal). As you can see in the photo it looks like a “channel” where my finger went in. WHAT IS GOING ON?! Mill be doing a 30% water change tomorrow just in case. Edited December 2, 2018 by CallMeJus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImGoingCoastal December 2, 2018 Share December 2, 2018 What kind of rock? I'm sure parameters would be a good start.Maybe your alkalinity is high? Using Marco style rock? -A-a-ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bues0022 December 2, 2018 Share December 2, 2018 Is it possible that what disintegrated was never actually “rock” but merely compressed sand or other junk that has now “rehydrated” and finally broken up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeJus December 2, 2018 Author Share December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, bues0022 said: Is it possible that what disintegrated was never actually “rock” but merely compressed sand or other junk that has now “rehydrated” and finally broken up? I doubt it because I bout the rocks “live” from the LFS, and they seemed to be in the tubs a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeJus December 2, 2018 Author Share December 2, 2018 9 hours ago, ImGoingCoastal said: What kind of rock? I'm sure parameters would be a good start. Maybe your alkalinity is high? Using Marco style rock? -A-a-ron As far as I know it’s not man made rock. In regards to my parameters, something odd has been going on and in a previous post I talked about a drastic drop in Cal&Alk. I’m going to the LFS today to have them test the water just to see the difference between their results and the ones I got with my Salifert test kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami December 2, 2018 Share December 2, 2018 My guess is that it was either concentrated detritus or a sponge (that died) that had filled that space. Just blow the opening clear with a turkey baster to clear out any remaining gunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b December 3, 2018 Share December 3, 2018 It's my understanding that aragonite does dissolve VERY slowly but what you describe is way too fastSent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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