Wanting To Add More Live Rock?
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spiked09
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Is it healthy already? Any bad algae on it?
You may want to cook it first, refresh it. So you don't introduce of bunch of unwanted algae into your existing system.
I just purchased some established live rock and was struggling with the best way to put it in my tank and I decided it's not worth the hassle of trying to rid my tank of unwanted algae for years to come. It's easier to just cook it now. Patience is not one of my strong suites but it's a must for this hobby.
2-3 months from now I will have brand new live rock to place in my tank.
You may want to cook it first, refresh it. So you don't introduce of bunch of unwanted algae into your existing system.
I just purchased some established live rock and was struggling with the best way to put it in my tank and I decided it's not worth the hassle of trying to rid my tank of unwanted algae for years to come. It's easier to just cook it now. Patience is not one of my strong suites but it's a must for this hobby.
2-3 months from now I will have brand new live rock to place in my tank.
spiked09
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Originally Posted by Scotikis
http:///forum/post/2507064
spiked09 - please help me understand what you're saying. Are you saying that you cooked the rock (essentially killing all of the various items on it) and will have it in a bin for 2-3 months?
Cooking isn't meant literally. You "cook" the rock in a tub. Set up as you described. The only difference is that you have no light at all. After a few weeks you take it out, clean the tub, refill it with new salt water, rinse the rock really good with salt water and put it back in.
Repeat for a couple of months, depending on the condition of the rock.
This keeps most things intact aside from anything that requires light to survive. i.e algae
By not feeding the rock you force the organisms to eat the detris off the rock, from all the nooks and crannies, thus cleaning it.
You will also be removing a ton of dead crap each time you rinse the rock, it's is apparently very smelly too. Which stands to reason, just like skimmate.
When you are done you have nice, clean, healthy, algae free rock. That is the theory as I understand it anyways. This is my first go at it so time will tell I guess.
http:///forum/post/2507064
spiked09 - please help me understand what you're saying. Are you saying that you cooked the rock (essentially killing all of the various items on it) and will have it in a bin for 2-3 months?
Cooking isn't meant literally. You "cook" the rock in a tub. Set up as you described. The only difference is that you have no light at all. After a few weeks you take it out, clean the tub, refill it with new salt water, rinse the rock really good with salt water and put it back in.
Repeat for a couple of months, depending on the condition of the rock.
This keeps most things intact aside from anything that requires light to survive. i.e algae
By not feeding the rock you force the organisms to eat the detris off the rock, from all the nooks and crannies, thus cleaning it.
You will also be removing a ton of dead crap each time you rinse the rock, it's is apparently very smelly too. Which stands to reason, just like skimmate.
When you are done you have nice, clean, healthy, algae free rock. That is the theory as I understand it anyways. This is my first go at it so time will tell I guess.