"George Patterson" wrote in message news:zcJOg.229$832.125@trnddc04...
I know this sounds kind of stupid--but---
Now that its there---Am I supposed to "feed it" something?
If there is stuff dying on the rock, and bacteria eating that, isnt there
something I should be adding to the water to feed the stuff thats still
alive in the rock?

I've never seen this mentioned in books, but my take is that the stuff should be
fed. Just dump in a little fish food every day; that will decay and produce the
ammonia, nitrites, etc. needed by the bacteria.

I would not add any nutrients during rock curing phase...
Worms and bacteria have plenty of decaying matter to eat then.
Maybe later, when water chemistry will be back to normal...