Soaking Marine Limestone

[lawdawg161]

I have some marine limestone that I'm going to use for base rock. Is it ok to soak it in tap water, or should I use filtered?
Also... for a FO setup with no special lighting will live sand be beneficial at all? I'm really leaning toward not getting any.

 

[joker_ca]

what you can do for your LS is buy like southdown sand
(homedepot) or any non-live sand and add a couple pounds of LS or a few peices of LR and it will seed the sand and make it live, it will help out as a biofilter and help reduce nitrates

 

[pontius]

I have about 10 or 15 pounds of limestone in my tank along with about 30 pounds of HI Rocks and 100 pounds of live rock. I didn't pre-soak the limerock, I just power rinsed it. didn't have any bad effects.
btw, imo, my limerock has gotten WAY more coralline than the HI Rocks.

 

[lawdawg161]

The limestone that I got looks really great, but the best part was that I got 300 lbs from a local quarry.... $2.70... not a pound... total. Made my day.
I'm excited to get it in the tank, but I wanted to make sure I cleaned it properly.