What do you think?

[1fast300z]

45 pounds of Live Rock is coming tomorrow. My tank is currently in the 80's on Nitrate ppm. My question is this, should I still cure for a long time untill there are no nitrates in the water, or cure for a day allowing the dead stuff to fall and then throw it in the tank? Obviously if my Aquarium was at 5ppm on Nitrates I would cure this stuff for a month but my water quality is already poor which is making me think the sooner I can get that rock in the better.
Thanks,
Peter

 

[bang guy]

If there's no livestock in the tank then I'd put it right in. If you have fish I'd make sure the rock is cured first.

 

[hot883]

I would still scrub off all the visable die off on the rock. Do a 20% water change and then put in the rock and be ready after that in a day or three to do another water change. Any amount of ammonia is harmful to all the beneficial things so watch for that as well.

 

[el bob]

just rinse it and put it in

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by hot883
I would still scrub off all the visable die off on the rock.
I agree.

 

[1fast300z]

Thanks for the quick replies guys. I currently have a large stars and stripes puffer in the display tank. I went ahead and set up two 20 gallon longs. I plan on scrubbing the rock upon delivery, how should I scrub it? Should I buy a bottle of Rock Prep (its a bottle with some type of cleaning chemical). Also how do you scrub off the stuff? Should I hold the rock under water while scrubbing the dead decaying stuff? I am going to put the rock in the 20 gallon tanks, let it sit 24 hours and then do a large water change on both aquariums and test the water to see what everything is looking like. Then after a few days I will put it in the display and monitor the ammonia and nitrite extremely close. Does this sound good?
Thanks!