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08-23-2004, 06:46 PM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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|  Re: Live rock curing
Curing LR in the tank accelerates the sink effect with detritous and organic matter settling into the sand bed. Separation avoids a large portion of that at the beginning. _________ Just tryin to recreate God's perfection in a glass bowl. 20 Gallon Reef W/Live Rock, mated pair of Maroon Clowns, Softies, 110 watts PC 10,000k lighting, and skimmer.  | 
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08-23-2004, 06:50 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne, VIC,Victoria
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| Re: Live rock curing
........and a lot less work if 40 pounds of rotting rock wasn't put in there in the first place :-)
John :-)
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08-23-2004, 06:58 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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    | Re: Live rock curing
[quote author=Craig_Manoukian link=board=Newbie;num=1093236601;start=0#10 date=08/23/04 at 21:46:10] Curing LR in the tank accelerates the sink effect with detritous and organic matter settling into the sand bed. *Separation avoids a large portion of that at the beginning.[/quote]
Guess I can see that.
Especially if you don't siphon your sand bed at all. Quote: |
........and a lot less work if 40 pounds of rotting rock wasn't put in there in the first place
| Rotting is key here. And relevant to this discussion since Jay's rock had stuff that was 'dying.' I see that now. I guess I just don't mind cleaning up the mess in the tank and taking my time if I'm not threatening anything by doing so. Maybe I'd shake stuff out in a bucket a bit. My way ain't the highway though, point taken. | |
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08-23-2004, 07:30 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
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 | Re: Live rock curing
I think I will wait till Wednesday nd do a 75% water change and use my vacume to clean the aragonite gravel I have. I have 1 of those magnum delux 350 canisters that I can hook up my vacume to and vacume for 3 hours if I need to and then I will clean the canister and see where I am on friday. Not all the rock is dying. I did order the cured premium rock and it came 2 day air in a mig plastic bag with newspaper and then in a styrofoam cooler. The rocks are only white in a couple places. Enoughf to worry me though. My aqua remora filled almost a inch of the brown stuff plus I have that new canister filter that has only been used 1 week.
Pretty clear water that has no smell at all. Only 1 rock smelled bad when I took them out and shook them in a bucket and ran a tooth brush to the loose stuff on saturday. I am also getting a little brown algea on some of the gravel. I think they might be ok. If things look worse thursday then I will pull half the rock and cycle it in a plastic trash can. I guess cycling your tank with 45 pounds is not such a great idea.
Thanks again everyone
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08-23-2004, 07:51 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: Live rock curing
Heres some pics from my old camers. Anyone wanna see some shots of my oscar tank ...I could snap a few and post them | |
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08-23-2004, 07:53 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
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| Re: Live rock curing
Pic number 2....cant I post more than 1 poc per reply?
How | |
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08-23-2004, 07:55 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
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| Re: Live rock curing
Pic 3 | |
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08-23-2004, 07:58 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: Live rock curing
Pic 4...This is from the day I got the rocks....se the color difference.
BRB..Im gonna go see if the oscars will pose for a mug | |
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08-23-2004, 08:00 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: Live rock curing
No problem Jay, lookin' good! | |
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08-23-2004, 09:04 PM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mesa, AZ,Arizona
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| Re: Live rock curing
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cant I post more than 1 poc per reply?
| Jay, if you use your photo gallery you can upload 4 or 5 pics at a time. 
BTW I wish I had discovered this forum before I started my reef tank, curing 90 lbs of LR in a 50 gallon tank was a really bad idea. All the books I read made it sound like it was OK to do that in a new setup. Sure I ended up with a great bio filter, but very little else. > 
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