Live Rock-- Please Help!!!

[ashbow13]

Does anyone know about the Live Rock sold on this site? Is it farley decent? Or does it carry things in from the ocean? Also what is the least expensive light I could get away with having a 75 gallon tank and putting 20-25 pounds of live rock in it? Would my regular flourcent light work that came with the tank or not?

 

[leopard_babe]

I have regular lighting on my liverock, and I have BEAUTIFUL coraline algea. I read somewhere that low lighting is good for coraline algea. However if you like the Brighter colors of coraline algea, then you will need different lights. My pencil urchin ate my coraline algea off of one rock completely, and now the algea has grown back. Even better looking then before. I have several post on this site about the rock from this stie. I have not yet talked to someone who did not like there perchase. I have also heard that the figi rock does not have unwatned hitch-hickers. The FLORIDA rock is more likely to have the UNWANTED hitch-hickers.
HTH
Leopard

 

[ashbow13]

Yes! That is what a friend told me. He said I would probably have to keep it in a plastic been for 2-3 weeks with lighting over it and kill all the unwanted hicch-hickers. Do you think that iwll work? Thanks for your input!

 

[leopard_babe]

I have never heard of that, but I am pretty new to this hobby myself. The figi live rock should not have the unwanted hitch-hickers. If you REALLY want the Florida live rock, then you should expet some hitch-hikers wanted, and I am sure probably unwanted. I think if you were going to put the rock under lights, to try to kill any unwanted hitch-hikers you could probably also hurt the wanted ones. That is just a thought. I also think (remember it is 11 at night so thinking might not be so good) that if you were going to put a light over the rock, it would have to be a strong light, not just florescent. If I were you, and I really wanted the Florida liverock, then I would add a new thread asking if you could do the light thing to kill the unwatned hitch-hikers. I have obly been at this hobby for 8 months, and I have never read about the tubberwear and lights thing.
HTH
LEopard

 

[oyam1]

hi
you will need to cure live rock. if you get precured it will cost more, but less work 4 u. no special light needed, the one you have is fine. do you have a skimmer? if not get one PRIZM is a good one and will not cost much ($70). always get LR on-line the LFS will charge you 3-4X the cost for the same thing.
check ***********.com they have an easy rock curing page, and they have a sale on now (uncured).
good luck

 

[leopard_babe]

This liverock on SWF.com is already cured. If you wanted you could put it directly into the tank once you recieved it. However if you have fish, you might not want to add all of it at once.
Just an FYI if you are going to buy the rock, it is on sale this week.

 

[ashbow13]

oyma1
yes I do have a skimmer. Is curing the live rock hard or not to much of a hassel? I'm new to this site so I'm trying to learn all the abervations? What exactly does LR-on line mean? Thanks for you help!

 

[oyam1]

how can a nurse not be thinking clear at 11pm.
we have to think clear 24-7 LOL
david RN

 

[goldenboy]

Not a good idea to put this rock directly in the tank. Being that it's shipped, it gets die-off and will cause a nitrite spike. It won't take long to re-cure though. a day or 2 in another tank with some water changes and it'll be ready to go. I've bought from this website, and the rock was real nice.

 

[leopard_babe]

Due to working 2 doubles (12's), just having finals and having a sleeping disorder, when it comes to fish at 11pm, my brain is not always correct. Neither is my typing. LOL. You do make a very good point!!!!!

Only because it is being shipped it should be re-cured? Or should you always re-cure, cured liverock???? I learn something new everyday on this site.

 

[ashbow13]

What do I if I don't have another tank to re-cure the Live Rock?

 

[oyam1]

use a trash can

 

[goldenboy]

and a heater.

 

[oyam1]

LOOK: JUST GO TO LFS GET SOME PRE-CURED LR, PAY BIG $$$ FOR IT, THEN PUT IT IN YOUR TANK. SOUNDS LIKE THE LR WILL BE THE ONLY THING LIVING IN THERE AFTER A FEW WEEKS ANY WAY. YOU NEED TO DO MORE READING BEFORE GETTING INTO THIS. YOULL LOSE A LOT OF MONEY AND KILL A LOT OF FISH. TAKE IT SLOW AND TRY TO PUT FISH FIRST YOU SECUND. YOU WILL ALL BE HAPPIER FOR IT... GOODLUCK:happy:

 

[muskyhunte]

I was told my my LFS that you need special lighting for live rock it get better color that way. You should also set up a QT tank for the rock just like you do fish. I like to keep my rock in QT for about 3 weeks before adding it to my tank. I buy all my rock at the LFS and thy can some time tell you what kind of growth is on the rock. Good rock cost money. I have had more problems with buying rock on web sights. I like to see what I am getting and pick out what I want. If you go to a GOOD LFS they should have the answers you a looking for.
GOOD LUCK

 

[muskyhunte]

also you need to get a lot of cheap workers in you tank for the rock. Snails, Hermit crabs, Green crabs, Red Crabs, Cleaner shrimp. The crabs will get all the bad stuff off of the rock for you. I have 30 snails, 24 hermit crabs, 4 green crabs, 2 red crabs 2 cleaner shrimp.

 

[briang]

I recently got some LR that wasn't fully cured. What i did was cleaned it in the sink with fresh SW, mixed at a salinity of 1.030. The higher salinity is supposed to drive out hitchhikers. Then i put it in a 5gal buttock of SW with a heater set at 80, did 50%water changes daily, and checked the ph daily until it was at 0ppm. I also had a small hang on filter for water circulation. This worked good for me, and its the most colorful rock in my tank. Hope this helps ya out. I arrived at this fix from reading many articles about LR

 

[briang]

I forgot to mention that any LR that has a sulfur smell in it is not cured, or not fully cured. The "sniff test" is a good way to do a quick check of the rock at a LFS, if their rock might be questionable. Many of the sources I researched suggested curing any rock you purchase before putting it in your tank. HTH