Dead live rock lol

rinklskn · 09/14/2006, 04:27 PM

my friend bought live rock and then never used it. its been sitting in a box for 3 months. i assume its dead. now could I use that dead live rock and cure it? I already have like 45 pounds of fiji rock that I just got today from foster and smith. I am in the middle of cureing it. so can I bring the dead back to life or what? lol

also I have snails all over my reef tank from the crushed coral. are they harmfull to my reef(when I set it up)? how can I exterminate them?

Paintbug · 09/14/2006, 04:37 PM

i would scrub it real good in some saltwater. get off the dead stuff off of it you can, then boil it if possible. you have base rock basicly after that. once you get in the tank in a few months it will be full of life.

wakesetter · 09/14/2006, 04:41 PM

skip the boiling....just scrub, rinse, and let it cure with the other rock. by the time its done you probably won't know which pieces are which

SCR · 09/14/2006, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by wakesetter
skip the boiling....just scrub, rinse, and let it cure with the other rock. by the time its done you probably won't know which pieces are which

"ditto"

TekCat · 09/14/2006, 04:48 PM

I'd do what wakesetter says, but after it is cured I'd cook it. This perfect opportunity to polish your rock cooking skills

whalloper · 09/14/2006, 10:31 PM

totally use it. Especially if youre already curing live rock now. I wouldnt boil it, just scrub, rinse and youre good. When I first set up my tank, my first 50 pounds came smelling like rotten fish and I just plunked it in the water...def got my cycling started!

drummereef · 09/14/2006, 10:43 PM

You're good with the rock. Follow the above posts suggestions. The snails are fine - and most likely beneficial. I would keep them.

affan · 09/14/2006, 10:45 PM

That rock is dead coral skeletons. Of nothing beneficial in particular.

beetle-b · 09/14/2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by affan
That rock is dead coral skeletons. Of nothing beneficial in particular.

Huh, How did you come to that conclusion?

affan · 09/14/2006, 10:56 PM

See his other thread, please.

beetle-b · 09/14/2006, 11:06 PM

I don't know if I would say "nothing beneficial", some if it looks like it could have been live rock at one time. Could use it as base rock, and as stated in the previous threads, as his other rock cures it will spread the beneficial bacteria to the dead corals and other rock. I have even heard, although I wouldn't do it, of people placing porous conrete in their tank with other live rock, and over time the concrete hosts the beneficial bacteria. Eventually almost anything could have corraline algae grow on it, in the right conditions, providing nutrient export and filtration.

09/14/2006, 04:27 PM	#1
rinklskn Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84	Dead live rock lol my friend bought live rock and then never used it. its been sitting in a box for 3 months. i assume its dead. now could I use that dead live rock and cure it? I already have like 45 pounds of fiji rock that I just got today from foster and smith. I am in the middle of cureing it. so can I bring the dead back to life or what? lol also I have snails all over my reef tank from the crushed coral. are they harmfull to my reef(when I set it up)? how can I exterminate them?

09/14/2006, 04:37 PM	#2
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	i would scrub it real good in some saltwater. get off the dead stuff off of it you can, then boil it if possible. you have base rock basicly after that. once you get in the tank in a few months it will be full of life. __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

09/14/2006, 10:31 PM	#6
whalloper Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 317	totally use it. Especially if youre already curing live rock now. I wouldnt boil it, just scrub, rinse and youre good. When I first set up my tank, my first 50 pounds came smelling like rotten fish and I just plunked it in the water...def got my cycling started! __________________ Please let me know when they invent the device which makes water changes unnecessary and foolish... I cant wait Current Tank Info: 72 gal mixed reef (SPS acros montis stylo miles, LPS, zoos, shrooms, clams, xenia, chili) 26 gal zoo/softies/LPS reef

09/14/2006, 10:43 PM	#7
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	You're good with the rock. Follow the above posts suggestions. The snails are fine - and most likely beneficial. I would keep them. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

09/14/2006, 04:41 PM	#3
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	skip the boiling....just scrub, rinse, and let it cure with the other rock. by the time its done you probably won't know which pieces are which

09/14/2006, 04:48 PM	#5
TekCat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MN Posts: 3,130	I'd do what wakesetter says, but after it is cured I'd cook it. This perfect opportunity to polish your rock cooking skills

09/14/2006, 10:45 PM	#8
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	That rock is dead coral skeletons. Of nothing beneficial in particular.

09/14/2006, 10:56 PM	#10
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	See his other thread, please.

09/14/2006, 11:06 PM	#11
beetle-b Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 174	I don't know if I would say "nothing beneficial", some if it looks like it could have been live rock at one time. Could use it as base rock, and as stated in the previous threads, as his other rock cures it will spread the beneficial bacteria to the dead corals and other rock. I have even heard, although I wouldn't do it, of people placing porous conrete in their tank with other live rock, and over time the concrete hosts the beneficial bacteria. Eventually almost anything could have corraline algae grow on it, in the right conditions, providing nutrient export and filtration.