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| Posted | uncured live rock |
| 28-10-2006 17:57 by oldson |
hi
i have been told that the introduction of uncured live rock into a new system, is a good way of speeding up maturation!! what is the opinion of you guys? many thanks Simon |
| 28-10-2006 18:05 by sturio |
do you mean cured live rock as uncured will have impurities in it and needs to be 'cured'. i would go for the already cured |
| 28-10-2006 18:09 by oldson |
no this is definitely un-cured, the tank setup is less than a week old. the guy in the shop said it is ok in a new setup as it will quicken the maturation process and will be cured anyway in a couple of weeks! |
| 28-10-2006 18:12 by sturio |
i thought the curing process took weeks tho???? maybe im wrong......wayne will know or trik |
| 28-10-2006 18:22 by oldson |
yeah
we were told 8wks by the people we bought the tank from! this is why i thought i would get some more opinions. we didnt buy the rock from the same supplier as the hardware. we dont dont intend putting in any marine fish until at least 6 wks down the line anyway. ijust wanted to know if the idea is feasable? |
| 28-10-2006 18:47 by Michael C |
Yes you can but only have blue antics on NO WHITE light as you will get serios brown algea. I did the same the there is alot more life in the rock than cured. |
| 28-10-2006 19:02 by trik |
the main reason for curing live rock is to get rid of the dead creatures on it, Now if you were to put uncured live rock in a new set up it will help mature your tank on its own, no fish or any thing else required, but a BIG but is the live rock may have and should have many living oranisims on it so a good skimmer and water flow is a must so not to pollute the water. i always buy my rock uncured that way i keep what is on the rock, thats my choice HTH |
| 28-10-2006 21:05 by Michael C |
Very true trik, my point |
| 29-10-2006 00:43 by craig |
i cured my tank this year with live rock deffo recommend it go a few sponges some bubble algae tubeworms pipe coral already showing on it took 5-6 weeks to mature would deffo setup new tanks this way |
| 29-10-2006 10:19 by oldson |
craig
was the live rock uncured or cured before you started" cheers |
| 29-10-2006 18:32 by craig |
mine was uncured mate bought 25kg and cycled tank fully |
| 29-10-2006 19:53 by oldson |
so glad you said that, cos we have put it in.22kg in 70 gallon tank. hope its enough! |
| 29-10-2006 21:23 by craig |
mate i have 70 gal tank including sump have got 25kg of rock in have trouble with nitrates gone through process to see if anything causing it eg sponges in sump(which i dont have)over feeding(which i dont do)only thing that nitrates point to is rock for 70gal tank you need minimum 31.5kg have been told this from a reliable source so needless to say once been on hols i am getting another 10kg of cured rock to put into tank soory to bearer of bad news |
| 07-11-2006 09:49 by Alan |
Put cured live rock in equal to 1 kilo for every 2 imp gallons and providing the tank water is turned over 20 times an hour the tank is almost instantly matured do not take the uncured rock curing live rock is easy but difficult to do well and done badly will make your house stink. |
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