curing live rock

vdhillon · 04-28-2005, 02:39 PM

hello,
i mail ordered some live rock and just got it in this morning. It is a Haitian live rock...it looks great, has lots of growth on it, but i know i'm supose to cure it...i'm just not exactly sure how. i've placed the rock in a tank with a heater and a power head...is that all? do i need a protien skimmer? how will i know when its done curing? how long should i wait? when and how many water changes do i do?

thanks for all the help,
vinnie

frank broderick · 04-28-2005, 03:01 PM

you can get directions from pet soultions web site.http://www.petsolutions.com/

dano · 04-29-2005, 07:14 AM

when you receive the rock and it has alot of growth already, chances are its already cured. you can put it in your tank add a skimmer, some power heads, wait a couple of days and do some water tests. most likely you should be fine.

Matt Rogers · 04-29-2005, 09:24 AM

I'd have the skimmer going to help pull the rot out.

seawillow · 04-30-2005, 04:07 AM

IMO...all rock should be cured, even if it's sold as cured rock. At work I will not sell rock as cured, even if I know that it is because of the length of time we've had it at our store....all I need is a customer coming back raging mad because I sold him "cured" rock and he put it in his tank and everything started dying because of a cycle. I just purchased 46 lbs. of rock from PetSolutions for the 210...it's curing now...very nice rock!!