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[bloodtoes]

I just came back to DF after a long hiatus and picked up with MDF. To get back into the swing of things I kept it easy and started with the starters world. I am wondering if the world gen parameters are responsible for this glitch and if anyone else has noticed similar things. What happened is I was digging out a room underground and encountered damp stone. I took my chances and knocked it out.. whoosh! Enough water to fill that room, and every room below it with no end in sight. I hadn't noticed any underground oceans so I went one z-level up and dug out to where that damp stone had been... nothing. There appears to be no source for the water. What's going on? Was it a single-stone aquifer? (It really was only 1 brick...)

[LMeire]

The "single stone aquifer" as you called it was a Tear of Armok, a special gem that can be used to produce infinite water without a lake/river/ocean/aquifer. To dig them up you have to channel them from above, then you can take it to an alchemist's shop to imbue it to one or more changlings to create waterlings which can be activated at your leisure.

HINT: If you can't use a "___ of Armok" immediately, forbid it or you might find yourself arranging the death of a mooding dwarf that liked its color. Also, don't cut them; they can't be used unless they're rough.

[bloodtoes]

Wow, interesting!
Well I guess this means I need to dig through the documentation better to understand what other new things I might encounter. Or maybe I should gen a vanilla world for my warm-up session. Either way, madness and mayhem await. Thanks!