I FEEL STUPID ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BUT I AM DEFINITELY LEARNING. SO HERE GOES ANOTHER...I AM CURING MY LIVE ROCK,HOW DO I KNOW WHEN IT IS FULLY CURED? I AM USED TO BUYING IT PRE CURED, SO I HAVE NO IDEA.
Most people say it will smell like the 'sea'; Or another way I've heard, is to track how fast your skimmer is filling up. Apparently it will drop off it's skimmate production considerably at the end of the curing.
The latter method is what I've seen done (well, written about being done) on web sites that are big into live rock sale.
Hope this helps.