Antiguan February 22, 2008 Share February 22, 2008 I am finally ready to purchase and set up my tank and I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Grenier February 22, 2008 Share February 22, 2008 (edited) Photosynthetic life (the pretty stuff) may be dead but I'll bet the de-nirifying bacteria is still alive so definitely don't dry the rock; you'd be destroying one of the major purposes of having live rock. It will pretty-up under lights. Go to you local reef store and get a few pieces of rock with nice corralne to seed the rest of the rock. Edited February 22, 2008 by Larry Grenier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnguyen4007 February 22, 2008 Share February 22, 2008 I am finally ready to purchase and set up my tank and I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman February 22, 2008 Share February 22, 2008 I am finally ready to purchase and set up my tank and I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiguan February 22, 2008 Author Share February 22, 2008 Thanks All. I will start a new tank thread soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 February 23, 2008 Share February 23, 2008 No offense to James, but definitely don't rinse it in freshwater. Not sure what the point of that would be, other than killing off your bacteria. Just get your tank ready, swish the rock around in the garbage can to rinse it off and remove some detritus then stick it in. You won't have any sort of cycle if you do it this way. The rock is fine, might not be as pretty as it was, but it's still fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnguyen4007 February 23, 2008 Share February 23, 2008 No offense to James, but definitely don't rinse it in freshwater. Not sure what the point of that would be, other than killing off your bacteria. Just get your tank ready, swish the rock around in the garbage can to rinse it off and remove some detritus then stick it in. You won't have any sort of cycle if you do it this way. The rock is fine, might not be as pretty as it was, but it's still fine. Dave, None taken. Question though. He had his rocks sitting in tap water for the past few months. Wouldn't it be better to swish off the tap water from the rocks with RODI water before they are placed in the main tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman February 23, 2008 Share February 23, 2008 Dave, None taken. Question though. He had his rocks sitting in tap water for the past few months. Wouldn't it be better to swish off the tap water from the rocks with RODI water before they are placed in the main tank? hehehehe... he said he did tap water top-offs. If they were stored in tap water, I would agree with you. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiguan February 23, 2008 Author Share February 23, 2008 Thanks James and Bob. I hope Dave and others will chime in with additional clarification. I do have a RODI unit which is not yet hooked up and just purchased a GSA Standard Eight skimmer. The plan is to start cycling rock in a separate tank until display is ready. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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