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I have just successfully cured about 12 pounds of live rock. Just for future reference, could I have power washed it and placd it immediately in my existing fully cycled DT?
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Curing live rock
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You can, IF you can be 100% certain that it is both fully dead and fully clean. The trouble in my opinion is removing organic matter that is dead but is still stuck in the rock... critters, sponges, etc.
Personally, I would only do this after a good bleaching, a thorough rinsing (or three) with Prime or something similar, and a few days in the sun, followed by another good scrubbing and rinsing with RO water only.
Personally, I would only do this after a good bleaching, a thorough rinsing (or three) with Prime or something similar, and a few days in the sun, followed by another good scrubbing and rinsing with RO water only.
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That makes curing sound like a walk in the park. Thank you!
Live rock, or base rock?
If it's newly-landed live rock, it can be cured in a vessel of saltwater with water movement and preferably protein skimming, until all the die-off is processed and water tests within acceptable parameters (no ammonia, nitrite and nitrate below 20 ppm).
If it's dead rock, you can use the same method, but it won't become live until it's seeded with some beneficial flora and fauna from live rock.
If it's newly-landed rock and it's pressure washed, I don't think it's safe to add to a DT because the die-off hasn't processed, and pressure washing with fresh water will likely kill off more stuff.
There seems to be a trend lately with people killing off perfectly good live rock by bleaching and such... why not just start with dead base rock in that case?
Jenn
If it's newly-landed live rock, it can be cured in a vessel of saltwater with water movement and preferably protein skimming, until all the die-off is processed and water tests within acceptable parameters (no ammonia, nitrite and nitrate below 20 ppm).
If it's dead rock, you can use the same method, but it won't become live until it's seeded with some beneficial flora and fauna from live rock.
If it's newly-landed rock and it's pressure washed, I don't think it's safe to add to a DT because the die-off hasn't processed, and pressure washing with fresh water will likely kill off more stuff.
There seems to be a trend lately with people killing off perfectly good live rock by bleaching and such... why not just start with dead base rock in that case?
Jenn
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I agree Jenn! Much cheaper as rule alsoJennM;530296 wrote: Live rock, or base rock?
If it's newly-landed live rock, it can be cured in a vessel of saltwater with water movement and preferably protein skimming, until all the die-off is processed and water tests within acceptable parameters (no ammonia, nitrite and nitrate below 20 ppm).
If it's dead rock, you can use the same method, but it won't become live until it's seeded with some beneficial flora and fauna from live rock.
If it's newly-landed rock and it's pressure washed, I don't think it's safe to add to a DT because the die-off hasn't processed, and pressure washing with fresh water will likely kill off more stuff.
There seems to be a trend lately with people killing off perfectly good live rock by bleaching and such... why not just start with dead base rock in that case?
Jenn
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I agree with both of you. It was previously live rock that had organic matterr on it. Well it's now 100% cured. Thanks!
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I understand:up:
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