Hello,

I've recently bought about 22 pounds of "fully cured" (about 8-10 years
in well-maintained reef tanks I'm told) live rock from a local
enthusiast who is downsizing. I bought it with the idea of getting a 55g
tank I have up and running as a FOWLR tank. I made sure to get the rock
with water and so far has not had to be outside of the water.

Shortly after purchasing it, I found out I will need to be moving as
soon as the house can get sold so I figured it would not be a good idea
to get this tank filled and started quite yet until it can be in a
stable environment/location.

I still want to go ahead with my plan for the tank but need to put it
off some weeks so I would not like to sell the rock off again. However,
I've never had to keep just LR on its own before. It is still in the
container I brought it home in (a tall clean wastebasket used to store
water) covered completely with water. I have a heater, airstone (lack
of surface area), and a powerhead in with the rock. It is in a place
with rather low abient lighting and mostly shadows with no direct light
whatsoever. Is there a better way to be keeping the rock? do I need to
actually do water changes as opposed to just replacing evap? There are
no fish and I cannot see any other critters but my view is rather limited.

If you haven't guess well before now, I'm new to the marine world, but
have some FW experience.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Brandonb