How long does live rock last? | Reef Sanctuary
Dec 23, 2004. #3. The rock should last for a very long time, thouogh it will absorb alot of the nutrients and detrius that we don't want in our tanks. So I suggest blasting the rock with a PH or a turkey baster when you do your maintainance. This will make the LR more efficient, and last longer.
cleaning live rock with vinegar
If you use vinegar and ro its going to kill anything on the rocks. I would put it back in with new water and let it go! Using vinegar is just like Muriatic Acid, but much weaker. It bubbled some of the crap out of the rock, but doesn't eat it away as fast.
Resetting Live Rock from Palys
Removing the rock and letting the Sun take care of the issue would be the best solution. Just leave it away from a neighbours windows and in a high wind flow area and you should be good. Do not boil, pressure wash, etc. Just set it out in a tub and let Mother Nature take over.
live rock curing/ getting rid of green hair algae
Leave your lights off as much as possible to minimize the algae. A little anyway during the cycle. When you are testing and you notice the ammonia and nitrites on the down slide, about 3-4 weeks into the cycle, then put in your cleaning crew or a little sooner if you see the gha getting out of hand.
Best way to get anemone off rock? | REEF2REEF Saltwater …
You just need to make sure you are around when it decides to do it, or it could end up chopped. Or, if you don't have anything on the rock, and it's easy for you to take the rock out of the tank, place the rock above theta k with the anemone hanging upside down and eventually it will drop. Good luck. Mar 14, 2018. #3.
I believe my live rock is leeching phosphate. Is it safe to remove …
I received live rock from a local person a few months back. Then I noticed my fish got some type of bacterial infection and removed them and started treating them for copper. I was planning on adding them back after the 4-6 week period and I noticed my coral not looking too good. Every 4 days...
Remove green algae from live rocks | REEF2REEF Saltwater …
Eventually it should be all covered with coralline algae. For me it took over a year for coral algae to start showing up. On one of my tanks I did use bleached rock and doses this: Coralline Algae in a Bottle + Nitrifying Bacteria for Saltwater Aquariums, Pink Fusion Strain . Not sure if this helped at all or if it was the time but 4 months ...
live rock leaching phosphate?
Z Rex said: Bingo. Phosphates will latch on to the rock and sediment until the rate of adsorption equals the rate of release, then it will be in equilibrium, with some phosphates leaving the rock but phosphate in the water binding to the now empty sites. If you put a rock that was in a high phosphate tank into a tank with low phosphates then it ...
Best way to Clean Live Rock?
If you want to completely clean up rock that has a bunch of unwanted aiptasia, majano, algae, trash palys, etc and don't care if you kill the bacteria in the rock, a bleach bath ( 2-3 cups per 5 gallons of fresh water ) for 24 hours. Repeat if needed. Then do a freshwater bath with a dechlorinator solution at 5-6 times the recommended dosage.
Live Rock For Saltwater Aquariums
Hold your nose up near the rock and smell it. If it smells like the ocean or a jetty at low tide your good to go, if it smells strongly like rotten fish it will need to be cured. The more scientific approach is to place your new live …
How do I clean algae infested Live Rock? | Living Reefs
If you are using flake food, it may be time to stop. You could also add some chaeto to your sump to help reduce these.) After you address the phosphate/nitrate issue, I would pluck the algae by hand. Try to get as much of it as you can. Then reduce the length of your lighting cycle for a few weeks.
Ridding the copper in my live rock
Yes, cuprisorb will help to pull copper out but you need to check for copper levels before adding in inverts. Perhaps you overlooked my comment. I believe in testing because copper can slowly leach out of rock and sand. It will get stuck in places and eventually leach out.
Removing all live rock for tank upgrade
Take half the rock and move it to the new tank leaving half behind to be moved with the livestock. Get a SeaChem ammonia alert badge and monitor it multiple times per day. Keep Prime on hand in case …
Live rock: step-to-step curing guide, benefits, for sale,
Why does live rock have to be cured? How to cure live rock? Step 1 - Prepare a setup to cure live rock. Step 2 - Prepare live rock before curing. Step 3 - The curing process. Step 4 - Ensure the rock is …
Live Rock Curing
Place your Live Rock in the tank and top off to bring the level near the top. You will want to attach a protein skimmer to remove waste, a powerhead for circulation, and a heater to keep the temperature above 80. The more flow and the higher the temperature (without going over 82), the faster the curing process will be.
How to Cure Live Rocks [Ultimate Saltwater
Smelling the rock. Hold your nose up close to the rock and smell it. If you notice a strong odor like that of rotten fish, then you need to cure your rocks. If the smell is like that of the ocean, then it's ready for use. Test for …
Live Rock: Cultivate Beauty & Biological Diversity
Use of supplements including calcium, iodine, strontium, and trace elements promote health in and on the rock. Live rock requires patience, but with good handling and care it will develop beautiful coloration as it matures in your aquarium. Live Rock has a rugged beauty and offers a number of benefits to both reef and fish-only marine aquariums.
Reef Aquarium Care: Live Rock Acclimation and Curing Guide
Submerse the new rock into a bucket filled with saltwater with a specific gravity of 1.035 to 1.040 for one minute. Any invertebrates including mantis shrimp, bristle worms, and crabs will quickly evacuate from the rock and into the bucket of water.? Remove the live rock from the bucket and sort through the invertebrates in the bucket.
Vinegar or Bleach to clean old Rock
Bleach is good for removing dead organic matter. You can put it into bleach and RODI for a day or so (it will not take much bleach). Afterwards, I would rinse the rock and soak in RODI to get any bleach out. Acid plus RODI is good for removing phosphates from the rock. Just remember that HCl + CaCO3 = CaCl2 + CO2.
Live Rock: FAQs About Care and Use in Your …
What is curing? Why cure live rock? What is the difference between pre-cured and un-cured live rock? Will curing decrease biological diversity on the live rock? What happens if you do not cure live rock properly? How …
Live Rock and Dead Rock – Aquascaping Tips and Guide
Live rock will typically have a purple coloration, which is seen on the vast majority. This purple coloring is actually coralline algae. Coralline algae are awesome in color and are also very beneficial, reducing nutrients that pest algae utilize to would grow and thrive. Purchasing live rock is recommended to begin your aquarium's ...
Live Rock Hitchhikers
Light green to tan; pentagonal disc with thin dark reticulated lines; long arms with dark banding. Inhabits sand and reefs, often only extending arms from within live rock to feed. Very beneficial for marine aquariums, they help to remove detritus and uneaten food from aquarium. Reef tank safe. A very gentle species.
Bristle Worm Definitive Guide: Identification, …
Your final option is to treat live rock and corals with dechlorinated freshwater. Simply dip the affected rock or coral right in and it will get rid of a Bristle Worm. Fun Facts. 1. Some Bristle Worms Can Kill …
BRStv Investigates: What is the best way to cure dry live rock?
We started off by giving the rock an acid bath for about 15 minutes, then onto a bath in bleach for about a week. It is important to note that we did fully rinse the rock after the acid soak, and allowed the rock to dry completely making the acid inert. The results we found were pretty amazing, and there are some definite benefits to using the ...
Live rock: step-to-step curing guide, benefits, for sale,
Step 1 – Prepare a setup to cure live rock. Most times you will want a completely separate setup for the curing process. Before your rock arrives, get your set up ready. It will need to be heated, well filtered, with a way to circulate and move the water (powerheads, submersible pumps, air stones), and a protein skimmer.
Live Rock For a Reef Tank – All You Need To Know!
Inspect all your pieces of live rock, inspecting for pests, nuisance algae, or dead organisms. Black patches are usually a dead animal. Scrub the dead pieces and remove any pest you can find. Rinse in clean RO/DI water. Place each rock in the container/bin. Fill with clean, freshly mixed saltwater at 1.025 SG.
The Ultimate Live Rock Hitchhikers Guide to the …
Ultimate Guide to Live Rock Hitchhikers. This guide aims to share some of the good, interesting (or neutral), and bad live rock hitchhikers that commonly stow …
Natural Nitrate Removal
While mature live rock coupled with live sand can keep Nitrate quite low in smaller tanks with very few fishes, there are methods of eliminating it all together. ... Why will life rock only remove nitrates in small tanks. A salifert test kit will test down to 0.2ppm!!!. A normal 2 inch sand bed will remove nitrates, along with good skimming. ...
Common Reef Tank Hitchhikers (How To Avoid
What is live rock? The term "live rock" refers to the many diverse organisms already taking up residence on a piece of rock removed from the ocean or from an aquarium store reef tank. Live rock …
Removing zoas, clove polyps from rock | The Reef Tank
The trick is to remove a thin layer of rock with the coral. Live rock breaks apart easily and scraping a small amount of the surface off the rock won't hurt anything. This also helps with gluing the pieces back down. They are already attached to a thin layer of rock so you can just superglue them anywhere.