my liferocks turned black

[betaFISH]

my liferocks..they turned black today..so smelly..really like crap..

this happened..because i took it out of my room to a place with no pump and partial light..they turned black..

and when i changed my water..every organism died..the entire liferock is black..

is it dead? i suppose so..but if i were to recycle..roughly how long more will it take? its current status is uncured right?(after "death")

thanks in advance..and sorry for the skimpy format..

[JuzzMarine]

hi betafish,

What do you mean by

1) "i took it out of my room"? tank in your room?

2) "to a place with no pump and partial light" what place? another tank?

3)"when i changed water" which tank ?

Can you please be a little more specific

[tidur]

i guess there are die offs becos lack of circulation.. and therefore lack of oxygen

[Tigger]

is yr lr already cured?

[Achilles Tang]

In future, treat all LR as living organisms... because they carry lots of life on them.

They should not be left out of saltwater too long and be deprived of good water circulation because the living creatures that colonise liverock need oxygen too.

You have effectively 'killed' your liverock.... or to precise... you killed the bacteria and living organisms on the rock.

You can either throw it away... what a waste.... or you can cure it seperately and then once cured, to put it back in your main tank to be recolonised.

[betaFISH]

Its currently dead right?

If i recure it, the process will be like cycling a non-cured liverock?

[Achilles Tang]

yup.

[betaFISH]

Ok,thanks alot.

But roughly how long will it take me to cycle an uncured liverock?