Not sure how to correctly cure the live rock for your new reef aquarium? This video is designed to give you a step-by-step guide on how to prepare your rock. Part of That Fish Place instructional video series, video features Sarah, an on-staff marine biologist at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA. Anyone looking for more information on curing or establishing live rock in their aquarium, or similar aquarium questions, should visit thatfishplace.com or give us a call at 1-888-THAT PET. Our staff of marine biologists is on hand to answer any aquarium questions you may have.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
That Fish Place Guide: Curing Aquarium Live Rock
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I know this is a long time ago but 80 Celsius is 176 degrees Fahrenheit ;-)
ReplyDeletethanks for the information
ReplyDeleteIs that 80 degrees Fahrenheit?
ReplyDeletethe bacteria on the live rock helps 2 filter nitrite and nitrates out of the water. the wet news paper keeps the bacteria alive by keeping it wet. if the rock wuz shiped in water the dead plant matter on the rock would leach ammonia into the water an bleach ur live lock and kill it.
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ReplyDeleteCheck out MARCO rock... Its dead live rock, it's safe for freshwater, there is artificial live rock, buts it ugly and expensive.
ReplyDeleteNo theres not
ReplyDeleteThis is "cooking" rock, not curing.
ReplyDeleteARE THERE ANY LIVE ROCKS FOR FRESHWATER AQUARIUMS?
ReplyDeleteGreat video but please blink!
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ReplyDeleteThere's still heaps of life on them even after taking them home from your LFS. If you leave the rocks to get bone dry however, you won't have anything left, but keeping them damp seems to do the job.
Again my point is that current process of harvesting live rock deprives the customer of the diversity of organisms that were on that rock. As a customer I want that diversity because it helps make that ecosystem a bit more complete in my tank (and its very interesting to see what life comes out of that rock). What i don't understand is why the live rock isn't packaged with water in order to keep that life on the rock alive. I would pay more for that kind of higher quality rock.
ReplyDelete@MournelitheCalix, The bacterial life and microorganisms on the rock, form a solid foundation for a succesfull marine, aquarium. Most "live Rock" is very porous, and is used by many aquarists as their primary biological filter. Even when only transported in wet newspaper, many organisms survive, and will seed the aquarium with life. Transporting rock in water, would be very difficult, because of the weight of doing so, it would be cost prohibitive to ship in this manner for any volume.
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ReplyDeleteHere is what I don't get about the "live rock." Live rock in the ocean is truely alive. There is all kinds of invertebrates that make the rock "Live." Then when they take it out of the ocean, they pack it in damp newspaper?? Huh maybe I missed something but I want that invertebrate life too not just the bacteria. I just don't get why these stores take this rock out of the ocean and then wrap it in newspaper.
ReplyDelete@famousstunners, sorry, Live rock cannot be used in freshwater. It is populated with saltwater plants and animals that would be killed by and decompose in freshwater. The minerals and chemistry of the rock itself would also change the water chemistry of freshwater. I would recommend artificial corals and rocks or dry base rock that will not change the chemistry of the freshwater (avoid calcium carbonate-based materials).
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ReplyDeletewhen changing the water in the bucket, how much water should you drain out?
ReplyDelete- If you give us a call, we can do our best to find the shapes of rock that you are looking for, as long as it fits in our shipping boxes. For mail order we only sell the rock in box quantities, not individually by the pound. If you are within driving distance of our Lancaster, PA retail store, we have thousands of pounds of rock on hand, and you can hand pick your own rock.
ReplyDelete- Make sure that you allow the cement based rock ample time to cure in the freshwater, they will leach lime and cause very high pH. Mixing your cured base rock with some natural rock that has coraline algae in the same tank, will promote the coraline algae growth to spread to the whole tank. Make sure that you maintain the proper Calcium, Magnesium, and Alkalinity levels in your water to support new calcification.
ReplyDelete- There is usually very little, in terms of photosynthetic organisms, that are going to survive on fresh live rock. It is a bit of a double edge sword in trying to save any coral fragments that may be on the rock. Water quality and nutrient levels during the curing process are going to be quite bad, adding light to these conditions will promote unwanted algae growth on the rock. Macro algae, and coraline algae will survive the process with no or minimal light, and grow back
ReplyDeleteJust what I wanted to know, thanks for posting a concise video and well presented! I'll probably add a small powerfilter that I can use for other things like a QT tank when i do mine.
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ReplyDeleteI just bought a piece of uncured rock. Your video helped alot. I'm in the process of making my own base rock, using osyter shells, portland cement and rock salt. Right now I have the rock soaking in freshwater. Once the salt is disolved it makes the rock pourus just like live rock. My question is what is the best way to get coraline algae growing from my live rock to my dry base
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