Cooking Rock.

[bruce 1]

I have about 150lbs of rock in drums with a pump in each with salt water. I have no light going to the rock (lids are on barrels). Do I need to add anything to the water to get the rock started? I hope when I start up my new tank I will have live rock so it will not take to long to cycle the new aquarium.
The water is used water from water changes from my current 150 gal tank.
Thank you Bruce

 

[heyitsmirix3]

I am confused are u trying to cure it or cook it? Title states cook, method suggest curing

 

[bruce 1]

I guess cure it. I want to make it live. It is all fully dead bleached white.

 

[rjrgroup]

Crack is bad...mmmm...k

 

[dakota9]

Throw a dead uncooked shrimp in each barrelm give it a few weeks.....

Edit:

Dakota9;701069 wrote: Throw a dead uncooked shrimp in each barrel and give it a few weeks.....

I'd add a bit of light to it now to give the coraline a leg up. Not much, just a couple of hours a day

 

[gnashty]

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[dakota9]

Oh, and you can also just pee in each barrel/drum....

Not much, or not more than once I should say)....

It works better than the shrimp actually......

 

[dakota9]

I think its a much quicker, easier way to cycle dead rock.......

You wouldn't want to use the method to cure live rock, as the amonia sike would be too great and might kill some of your macrofauna......

 

[swfk44]

:wow2:

 

[gort]

ha~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was good "pee in tanks randomly"

 

[dakota9]

Bruce hasn't posted in a whie....... I think he's peeing on the rock....

Edit: Bruce hasn't posted in a while....... I think he's peeing on the rock.

 

[bruce 1]

I am going to pee in them tomorrow. I may even try to get my wife to pee also.

 

[ralph atl]

cooking rock is very appropriate if you are trying to eliminate the phates that are bound to previous live rock and any hitchhikers...

 

[johniii]

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