Live Rock

[Uriel]

Can live rock survive for any sustained period without flow ?

 

[ben1987]

It will start to deteriorate after an hour or 2

 

[Uriel]

Will a small amount of flow be enough from internal filter for example or does it need a power head or similar. I got some live rock i want to try to keep live until i get a tank.

 

[Harry1996]

How big is the container it going in? And how may LPH is the filter?

 

[Uriel]

Picture of the setup probably 50l of water give or take. I put about a table spoon of rowa phos in media bag in filter is the only media.

Is this anything to worry about or deal with ?

Is this a small bit of coral or ?
Actually seem to have more and more of these popping up. Few in yellow and a purple one.


Filter is only 400l per hour.

 

[Harry1996]

Last pic looks like aptasia (forgotten spelling) So kill that with a soldering iron

Well i think you need at least 10 times the tanks volume in fish only so you need 500LPH
so your pump isnt too bad but i would get a 1000LPH pump cheap from ebay

 

[Uriel]

I'm not putting any stock in here just want it to keep the rock "live" and cured until i Setup a proper tank. The rock came from an established marine tank rather than the sea so I would have thought if anything needed killing with fire it would already have been done.

The yellow ones seem to be coming out of like white bone tubes so i assume they are different to pink and purple one ?

I also seem to have aquired what i'm assuming is a small and medium sized hermit crab although all i can see is shell and some legs.

God marine is complicated all i ever had to worry about with plants was a few snails

 

[Uriel]

lol searched internet for apistea and every article was about killing them. Guess it's time for the fire.

 

[seffieuk]

Indeed, burn the

Seffie x

 

[Uriel]

If i upped the circulation could i put more LR in that tank just for Curing/cycling purposes. Or is it pretty full already ?

 

[seffieuk]

If i upped the circulation could i put more LR in that tank just for Curing/cycling purposes. Or is it pretty full already ?

Yes, you could easily put more in with better flow

Seffie x