Curing live rock and cycling new tank

[stevediaz1]

I have a question I'm curing my live rock and my heater was on the on position when I got home from work water was at well over 99 degrees did I kill everything? So what I did was replaced all the water with fresh salt water and I'm starting again did do right or wrong please advise I'm trying to cure the live rock before I cycle my tank I'm doing this in a container not my tank that's my understanding from watching all the videos on YouTube on curing live rocks before the actual cycle the reason I'm doing this is because they say the die off is there and this will help remove it or is this the same as cycling the rocks in my tank sure seems to me their the same am I right or wrong please advise

[whosurcaddie]

You didn't kill the bacteria. You most likely killed some hitchhikers though. You really didn't need to change the water the die off would have helped you cycle the rocks. You're fine though just make sure your heater is set correctly and give the rock time. Once the water reads 0 on both ammonia and nitrite you're good to go.

Do you have any type of powerhead in the container?

[Bogue Chitto]

whosurcaddie is right. Your rock should be fine after it cycles.

[Giants13]

If ur tank is new u can cycle ur rock in the tank it will cure during the cycle

[Giants13]

Algea will grow in higher water temps

[stevediaz1]

Originally Posted by whosurcaddie

You didn't kill the bacteria. You most likely killed some hitchhikers though. You really didn't need to change the water the die off would have helped you cycle the rocks. You're fine though just make sure your heater is set correctly and give the rock time. Once the water reads 0 on both ammonia and nitrite you're good to go.

Do you have any type of powerhead in the container?

yes i do set it to 82degrees

[stevediaz1]

Originally Posted by Giants13

Algea will grow in higher water temps

what temp should i set my heater to i currently have it set to 82 degrees

[stevediaz1]

Originally Posted by whosurcaddie

You didn't kill the bacteria. You most likely killed some hitchhikers though. You really didn't need to change the water the die off would have helped you cycle the rocks. You're fine though just make sure your heater is set correctly and give the rock time. Once the water reads 0 on both ammonia and nitrite you're good to go.

Do you have any type of powerhead in the container?

i have a question i noticed that a couple of rocks are changing color to a greenish color and the purple is looking kinda weird in a few spots why what does that mean here is some pics

[stevediaz1]

Originally Posted by stevediaz1

I have a question I'm curing my live rock and my heater was on the on position when I got home from work water was at well over 99 degrees did I kill everything? So what I did was replaced all the water with fresh salt water and I'm starting again did do right or wrong please advise I'm trying to cure the live rock before I cycle my tank I'm doing this in a container not my tank that's my understanding from watching all the videos on YouTube on curing live rocks before the actual cycle the reason I'm doing this is because they say the die off is there and this will help remove it or is this the same as cycling the rocks in my tank sure seems to me their the same am I right or wrong please advise

i have a question i noticed that a couple of rocks are changing color to a greenish color and the purple is looking kinda weird in a few spots why what does that mean here is some pics and did i kill the coralline algae with the temperature rising to a high temperature it rose to about over 100 degrees for about a day maybe 8-10 hours

[Giants13]

Originally Posted by stevediaz1

what temp should i set my heater to i currently have it set to 82 degrees

i personally don't go over 80.

[Bogue Chitto]

I think 80 is high enough too.

[Giants13]

ya I'm currently hosting a hippo tang and they are very fragile to temp.