Live rock in freshwater?

[obarrera]

What happens if I put live rock in a freshwater tank?
Im just curious

 

[vtecbro007]

kill it

 

[sebae0]

then it would be called dead rock....!

 

[obarrera]

But would anything happen to the fish?

 

[vtecbro007]

nope u would juss lose a lot of money n a lot of benifical bacteria

 

[obarrera]

Thanks for telling me.I just wanted to know what would happen.

 

[sebae0]

the die off off would probably spike the ammo and could kill your fw fish.

 

[obarrera]

Oh ok so live rock in a freshwater tank wouldn't work?

 

[bot587]

if you want LR in FW just go with Base Rock... its LR without the bacteria your going to kill lol.

 

[obarrera]

No I don't want live rock in a freshwater tank,I was just curious of what would happen.

 

[bot587]

curiosity killed the live rock

 

[col]

curiosity killed the live rock
Excellent!!!

 

[dskidmore]

Most Live Rock serves as a high pH buffer and calcium source. Neither of those would be good for a freshwater tank, unless you have a species that likes hard, alkaline water. Most tropical freshwater species like neutral water.

 

[obarrera]

Originally posted by DSkidmore
Most Live Rock serves as a high pH buffer and calcium source. Neither of those would be good for a freshwater tank, unless you have a species that likes hard, alkaline water. Most tropical freshwater species like neutral water.
I asked that question when I was thinking of going back to freshwater but now I've turned into an addict and only want saltwater.lol

 

[poolguy]

so what happens if along time ago, you were stupid, and scrubbed your live rock in the sink, and rinsed it off with warm fresh water, ummm my friend asked that,, ya thats what i think i will say to cover up my stupidity

 

[obarrera]

Originally posted by poolguy
so what happens if along time ago, you were stupid, and scrubbed your live rock in the sink, and rinsed it off with warm fresh water, ummm my friend asked that,, ya thats what i think i will say to cover up my stupidity

Wait.....your friend did that?
Was it at least with good freshwater and not tap water?

 

[poolguy]

ummmmmm, "he" doesn't know, doesn't use the tap water

 

[dskidmore]

It could recover on it's own, algae is tough stuff, but your small invertabrates probably suffered. At the very least, put some good live rock in the same tank and the other rock will definately recover.

 

[poolguy]

i hear allot about pods and such, like shining a flashlight in the tank well after the lights are out, and seeing liitle things,, i HAVE NEVER seen anything like that... is there anyplace you can "buy a set of pods" and such, to suppliment what may or may not be in there?

 

[dskidmore]

We're not allowed to post for competitors of Saltwater Fish, but just search for "ocean plankton culture" and "Bioassay Organisms." You'll find a couple diffrent companies. You could also try the bottled plankton food that claims to be live, but it's not sold for culture, I don't know how viable they still are.