ITS ALIVE, wait no its not

[beanie]

I have a single peice of base rock in my tank, its huge... is there a way i can make it Live rock, will it ever become live rock, can normal rock become live rock???

 

[olsenjb]

When I started my tank, I used a whole slew of "dead" live rock. It had lived in its previous life in my brother's tank, before it crashed on him. The rock had sat dry for nearly 2 years. I cleaned it good, and them placed it in my tank, interspersed with a few pieces of fresh live rock purchased from the LFS. Now, it all appears to be "Live". Worked great for me, and saved me a whole chunk of change.

 

[beanie]

when u say "live" u mean looks live or really is live..?

 

[pbuck]

"live" means it has live bacteria, corals, sponges, algae, etc growing on it.

 

[beanie]

ah.. so even though it was dry for a long time everything eventually grew back?

 

[dsa_mom]

Nothing could survive out of water for two years. If the rock became "alive" it would have been because it was placed in a tank with real "live" rock which "seeded" or spread its coralline algae and/or critters to the old rock. (which is what olsenjb said he/she did--placed some fresh live rock in the tank with the old)