Rocks in Sump?
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meowzer
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Originally Posted by lbannie http:///forum/thread/383250/rocks-in-sump#post_3350506
I just bought some more base rock. I'm going to let it sit in some saltwater for a week or so. I don't think I'll use it all, so I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to put it in my sump?
SURE....more places for copepods to hide and breed...I keep a few pieces in mine too
Originally Posted by lbannie http:///forum/thread/383250/rocks-in-sump#post_3350506
I just bought some more base rock. I'm going to let it sit in some saltwater for a week or so. I don't think I'll use it all, so I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to put it in my sump?
SURE....more places for copepods to hide and breed...I keep a few pieces in mine too
flower
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Originally Posted by lbannie http:///forum/thread/383250/rocks-in-sump#post_3350944
Is a week long enough for it to sit in saltwater? Is that even necessary?
No, dead rock does not need to cure. It is dead, there is no die off to cause an ammonia spike. Best thing to put in a sump is dead coral...it has all kinds of tiny places for copepods and such.
Originally Posted by lbannie http:///forum/thread/383250/rocks-in-sump#post_3350944
Is a week long enough for it to sit in saltwater? Is that even necessary?
No, dead rock does not need to cure. It is dead, there is no die off to cause an ammonia spike. Best thing to put in a sump is dead coral...it has all kinds of tiny places for copepods and such.
al mc
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lbannie http:///forum/thread/383250/rocks-in-sump#post_3350506
I just bought some more base rock. I'm going to let it sit in some saltwater for a week or so. I don't think I'll use it all, so I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to put it in my sump?
When you say 'dead' do you mean it has been out of salt water and dried out? If so, then it can go into sump. If it is coming out of another person's tank or LFS then I would keep in salt water and out of sump for 3 weeks minimum to assure you are not bringing in Ich. Ich can be harbored on virtually any wet surface..be it fish, inverts or rock.
Originally Posted by lbannie http:///forum/thread/383250/rocks-in-sump#post_3350506
I just bought some more base rock. I'm going to let it sit in some saltwater for a week or so. I don't think I'll use it all, so I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to put it in my sump?
When you say 'dead' do you mean it has been out of salt water and dried out? If so, then it can go into sump. If it is coming out of another person's tank or LFS then I would keep in salt water and out of sump for 3 weeks minimum to assure you are not bringing in Ich. Ich can be harbored on virtually any wet surface..be it fish, inverts or rock.
deejeff442
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i have over 40 lbs of rock rubble in my sump plus all the corals that died on me over the years.i have thousands of pods in my tank.i really need to get me a mandarin
btldreef
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Rocks in the sump can be good and bad. You need to make sure you rinse them every once in a while or have some CUC members down there or they can collect detritus and actually become a nitrate factory. I had this issue, it was making me crazy and then Spanko pointed it out to me, a simple thing that is overlooked a lot.
If the rock is DRY base rock, it can go right into the sump.
If the rock is DRY base rock, it can go right into the sump.
lbannie
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Yes, they are dry base rocks. Good call on cleaning them so they don't collect waste. What kind of cuc do you have in there, snails? I have the rocks in saltwater now, I think I'm going to drill some holes in them so I have lots of options for coral plugs.....and caves for pods! Re-aquascaping for me this afternoon!
meowzer
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LOL...I also have a banished urchiun in my refugium...it's a pencil urchin and I found out they like to eat soft corals
and I do keep a few snails and hermits down there too....I have seen lots of bristle works, amphipods, copepods....and something else...not sure what..LOL....so I just let them clean the rock and sand