Is It Ok To Add More Live Rock Once The Clean Up Crew Is In?
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AndyS
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Yes, as long as it is fully cured.
rhysiboy
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i know you may wantanswers but please for the love of god dont post the same hting in 2 diferent forums, it just clutters everywhere up and gets popele annoyed
wflash3
Fish Crazy
isint it ok to add cured live rock to any established tank? regardless if theres livestock?
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AndyS
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No, do not add uncured rock to a tank that contains livestock of any kind.
AndyS
Fish Fanatic
Without being offensive, it might benefit you to stop until you have researched Marine tanks, and have sorted your lighting.
Its best to research what you want to to how to do it and how much its going to cost you. To research it thoroughly can take weeks or months. Before you carry on make sure you know what you are doing. This information is easy to find by using the forums search button, or by looking at guides on websites.
To answer your question, uncured live rock is live rock that has been out of water or in bad conditions, Live rock can be out of water for a few hours before any serious die-off begins, but a lot of die-off in the rock will cause your tank to cycle, hense why you cannot add uncured live rock to a tank with livestock.
Smell the rock, if it smells rotten then its not cured, cured rock will just smell like seawater, make sure you go to a reputable LFS or website to get the rock, ask them to wrap it in damp newspaper for the journey home or check how it will be packaged if its bought online, ask to see where they cure the live rock. I went to a LFS in Nottingham today and they gave me a tour of the place, the curing vats, the quarantine tanks and the warehouse they build tanks in. Any decent LFS will be show you that their rock is cured.
tmreynolds
Fishaholic
The rule is you can add cured liverock to a tank with livestock.
The problem is knowing if its cured, semi cured or uncured.
You can buy rock that is advertised as cured but is in fact only partially cured or becomes partially uncured by being left out of water for too long or being kept in incorrect conditions.
If you add rock that is not fully cured to an established tank, you run the risk of an ammonia spike, which will kill the inhabitants.
I bought some fully cured LR from a repuatable place, that basically died in transit overnight as it was very cold, even though it was still wet. It took over 4 weeks to cure again before I could add livestock.
To sum up, just be sure its fully cured before adding to an already stocked tank. Best to add all your LR before adding any livestock, rather than adding in bits and pieces.
Hope this makes sense,
The problem is knowing if its cured, semi cured or uncured.
You can buy rock that is advertised as cured but is in fact only partially cured or becomes partially uncured by being left out of water for too long or being kept in incorrect conditions.
If you add rock that is not fully cured to an established tank, you run the risk of an ammonia spike, which will kill the inhabitants.
I bought some fully cured LR from a repuatable place, that basically died in transit overnight as it was very cold, even though it was still wet. It took over 4 weeks to cure again before I could add livestock.
To sum up, just be sure its fully cured before adding to an already stocked tank. Best to add all your LR before adding any livestock, rather than adding in bits and pieces.
Hope this makes sense,
so its probably best to get the rest of my rock before i add fish? Im nearly positive that it's cured, but i dont wanna take risks. Im only 15, and im doing this project by myself. I've been working and saving much, and I dont wanna take risks. All i need is About 8 more lbs of live rock (i have 7 now, in a 12 gallon tank) some lights, and a test kit. Then the cuc and fish. Someday corals
tmreynolds
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