For a quick trip home, it needs to be wrapped in newspaper, inserted into a
large bag, and then the LFS employee/owner should pour enough tank water all
over the paper to soak it.

As soon as you get home, unwrap it and put it in your tank.

Marc


Tom Burns wrote:

Okay, so I understand now that the curing process is necessary to allow
the dead stuff on the rock to cycle away all the nasty things that
happen when it dies.

If I buy live rock from a reputable store, that has been properly cured
since shipping (ie it would be fine to put in his display tanks), what
happens when I take it home?

Can I just put it into my main tank or does it need to be cured again?
And if so, what would the circumstances be? Like if I was to get it from
his tank to mine in 30 minutes, would this be okay? How should it be
packaged for the trip? Totally submerged or what?

Thanks

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