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02/22/2012, 07:30 PM | #1 |
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Real reef live rock
Hey guys I just got this stuff and would like to know how to cure it I add some flake food to my tank but la says its fully cured and it's shipped wet how long should I wait to add fish never used this stuff for a long period of time.
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02/22/2012, 09:15 PM | #2 |
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To be safe, I recommend testing your water for a few days in a row, maybe as long as a week, just to keep check on your levels. Perhaps sufficient bacteria survived the shipping process so that you do not have to do a full cycle, but you will only know if you test (Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate). Curing generally involves making sure all of the die-off is gone from LR that comes from the ocean, since Real Reef has never touched the ocean you really aren't curing it (if my notion of "curing" is correct!). Hope that helps. Maybe someone else will chime in.
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02/22/2012, 09:31 PM | #3 |
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Thanks yeah that's what I tought it's Bernini la reef system for weeks and shipped pretty wet I added some flake food to the tnk and will test the params for a week or two and if all is good in goes the live stock.
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02/23/2012, 03:49 PM | #4 |
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Nothing spiked so far how long should I wait to put fish in.
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02/23/2012, 04:46 PM | #5 |
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Didn't you just post yesterday you would wait a week or two making sure everything is stable? Today you are asking when you can add live stock.
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02/23/2012, 05:21 PM | #6 |
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I will just asking I will wait 2-4 weeks depending no rush but I think a few weeks will be good thanks guys
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02/23/2012, 06:57 PM | #7 |
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If my comment sounded rude, I'm sorry. I just re-read it and I sound like a jerk, I didn't mean to be.
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02/23/2012, 07:43 PM | #8 |
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No not at all it's fine I'm in no rush I'm so happy right now because my skeletor eel is eating.
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02/23/2012, 08:14 PM | #9 |
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Good, glad to hear it.
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02/24/2012, 03:01 AM | #10 |
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hold tight for awhile. there's no such thing as real live rock when it comes to stateside sourcing. TB has good stuff. outside of them, its a long long way to the reef, and unless its been pulled out of the ocean, and put in your tank in hours.....expect some die off. its amazing what kind of hitchhikers you get from live rock pulled from the ocean. it just happens that 99% of people will never see it due to simple geography and distance. let your tank sit for 3-4 weeks, test and then add slowly. start with the easy stuff re: fish and corals. no real benifit to adding flake food. just let it run.
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