atlfish
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A buddy of mine lost the love for the hobby and just let his tank go. It has been sitting for a few months (Not running). There are no fish but amazingly his crabs were still living. I remembered that he had some nice pieces of LR so I told him to fork them over. (and yes, I rescued the crabs) My question is, is the live rock still live and is it safe to put in my tank? It did not smell bad or anything.
Do I need to do anything to it before putting it into my tank?
Note: I had took a vaction from the hobby but kept doing water changes from time to time. I left a few crabs in it but transfered my fish to a smaller tank that I did keep up. Now Im ready to start my 180 back up. I figure Id test the waterto see where im give it a good cleaning today and change about 20 gals of water then re-test again.
Do I need to do anything to it before putting it into my tank?
Note: I had took a vaction from the hobby but kept doing water changes from time to time. I left a few crabs in it but transfered my fish to a smaller tank that I did keep up. Now Im ready to start my 180 back up. I figure Id test the waterto see where im give it a good cleaning today and change about 20 gals of water then re-test again.