curing live rock

caymanislands13

caymanislands13

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Hi Guys
 
If i am taking rocks out the ocean can i just add them to the tank same time or what do i have to do. I live in the islands and they dont sell live rocks.
 
nizz

nizz

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Rocks from the ocean will have bad stuff that you don't want. remember the ocean is a lot bigger then a home fish tank. So just keep that in mind.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nizz http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312320
Rocks from the ocean will have bad stuff that you don't want. remember the ocean is a lot bigger then a home fish tank. So just keep that in mind.
LOL...where do you think the fish stores get the rock....from the ocean
 
If it were me Cayman (or whoever) I would probably keep the rock in a tub of SW and observe it.....just in case there are "BAD" critters on it
 
flower

flower

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nizz http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312320
Rocks from the ocean will have bad stuff that you don't want. remember the ocean is a lot bigger then a home fish tank. So just keep that in mind.

 
I have to disagree, where do you think the LFS get rock? They don't grow it and don't care whats on it or in it as far as ocean critters.
 
I would place them one at a time in a bin with a power head and saltwater. With high SG the critters in the rock will come out for a few seconds and you can see what is in there..pick out what you don't want and after just few minutes the critters will return to the rock...if the rock has not been out of water...you are good to go and don't have to cycle
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JMO
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312326

 
I have to disagree, where do you think the LFS get rock? They don't grow it and don't care whats on it or in it as far as ocean critters.
 
I would place them one at a time in a bin with a power head and saltwater. With high SG the critters in the rock will come out for a few seconds and you can see what is in there..pick out what you don't want and after just few minutes the critters will return to the rock...if the rock has not been out of water...you are good to go and don't have to cycle
.
JMO
LOL...Flower did you read my post right above yours
 
nizz

nizz

Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312324
LOL...where do you think the fish stores get the rock....from the ocean
 
If it were me Cayman (or whoever) I would probably keep the rock in a tub of SW and observe it.....just in case there are "BAD" critters on it
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312326

 
I have to disagree, where do you think the LFS get rock? They don't grow it and don't care whats on it or in it as far as ocean critters.
 
I would place them one at a time in a bin with a power head and saltwater. With high SG the critters in the rock will come out for a few seconds and you can see what is in there..pick out what you don't want and after just few minutes the critters will return to the rock...if the rock has not been out of water...you are good to go and don't have to cycle
.
JMO
I know the LFS gets there rocks from the ocean. But, to say the least. They can filter out all the bad stuff (BAD CRITTERS) you don't want in your fish tank. Which is where I was going with that.
 
 
btwk12

btwk12

Member
i would say put the rock out of water for a couple minutes on some kind of rack or something and all the critters will definately come out. its not going to hurt the rock being out of water for a few minutes maybe 10
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Quote:
Originally Posted by btwk12 http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312460
i would say put the rock out of water for a couple minutes on some kind of rack or something and all the critters will definately come out. its not going to hurt the rock being out of water for a few minutes maybe 10

this is what I have always done, it's worked for me. I only had one bad crab in my tank, and it was the one time I didn't let the rock sit out for long enough.
 
flower

flower

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Quote:
Originally Posted by BW256S_SRT4 http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312511
LOL I have always just sprayed all my LR off with the garden hose and never had any problems.

 
My dear, if you wash your rock with freshwater from a hose or otherwise, you kill all the critters in and on it. No wonder you had no problems, you had no live rock either. Saltwater only if you want to keep live rock alive.
 
If you leave your live rock out and let critters "jump off.".you have to cure it before use. The hyper Saltwater method works better. I even had fish live in a hole in the rock where water was trapped for 4 hours, so leaving the rock out is not way to make sure nothing is on it you don't want.
 
 
slice

slice

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/376522/curing-live-rock#post_3312334

 
LOL...We must have been typing at the same time...I'm slow..That wasn't there when I started to post..

 
I know the feeling, she does that to me often. I see a question and think "Oooo, ooo, I know this one! I can be helpful!"
I type away, consider my words, spellcheck and voila...only to see she beat me to it......again.....
 
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