curing live rock

Discussion in 'Live Rock' started by vdhillon2, Apr 28, 2005.

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  1. vdhillon2

    vdhillon2 Astrea Snail

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    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
     
    vdhillon2, Apr 28, 2005
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  2. frank_broderick

    frank_broderick Astrea Snail

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  3. dano

    dano Spaghetti Worm

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    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.
     
    dano, Apr 29, 2005
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  4. Matt Rogers

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

    seawillow Coral Banded Shrimp

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    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!!
     
    seawillow, Apr 30, 2005
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