Newbie question

This will probably be a stupid question, but when adding "Live Rock" to my
tank, what do I need to do? Do I need to add supplements to the water?

Thanks

nope, just add the rock. if its precured then its ok to add with
fish/inverts allready in the tank, it its not then it needs to be cured
prior to introduction to the main tank.

kc

"Matthew Heath" wrote in message
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This will probably be a stupid question, but when adding "Live Rock" to my
tank, what do I need to do? Do I need to add supplements to the water?

Thanks

A calcium supplement is very important coralline growth on your live rock. Check out http://www.garf.org/NORM/coralline/corallinenorm.html
as well as manganese and iron.

But as Dragon Slayer said, for the rock itself, you don't need anything other than the same good environment that the fish like.

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A NOTE ON "precured" liverock and already stocked aquariums:

If you get it from a tank at your fish store it should be ok. They can tell you how long the rock has been "curing" in their tanks. I assume this was the type of rock Dragon Slayer was referring to.

If you get live rock by shipment you still have to put it through a "curing" process even if it was sold as "cured" because you don't know how long its been out of the water.
http://www.themarinecenter.com/rocks.htm

The only shipper that's an exception, that I am aware of, is http://www.floridaliverock.com/ which only pulls your order out of the ocean the day of shipment and then immediately sends it DHL overnight.


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I agree add calcium or a muti calcium additive once a month. Will help get some color and keep the rocks looking good. Also might want to go with some 50/50 bulbs over standard aquarium lights.


"Time2359" wrote in message ...
A calcium supplement is very important coralline growth on your live rock. Check out http://www.garf.org/NORM/coralline/corallinenorm.html
as well as manganese and iron.

But as Dragon Slayer said, for the rock itself, you don't need anything other than the same good environment that the fish like.

-----------------------------------------------------------

A NOTE ON "precured" liverock and already stocked aquariums:

If you get it from a tank at your fish store it should be ok. They can tell you how long the rock has been "curing" in their tanks. I assume this was the type of rock Dragon Slayer was referring to.

If you get live rock by shipment you still have to put it through a "curing" process even if it was sold as "cured" because you don't know how long its been out of the water.
http://www.themarinecenter.com/rocks.htm

The only shipper that's an exception, that I am aware of, is http://www.floridaliverock.com/ which only pulls your order out of the ocean the day of shipment and then immediately sends it DHL overnight.


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But sometimes doing the right thing doesn't
change anything at all. It will drive you crazy.
What makes us human is THAT we care and,
because we care, we never stop trying."
.............Commander Jeffrey Sinclair



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