Curing Live Rock With Shrimp???

braysmom · 01/17/2008, 02:16 PM

we're curing our live rock in our tank (don't worry we have no livestock yet) and i remeber seeing somewhere to throw in one uncooked shrimp to help with the cycling. is this true? and how long do we leave it in???

acrodave · 01/17/2008, 02:22 PM

That was the old school way of doing it before lr hit the market. If you use a half pound to one pound per gal you will be fine and actually cycle faster

an411 · 01/17/2008, 02:22 PM

YOu could just add a couple of flakes of fish food. The shrimp will work I am not sure the length that it should be put in for. Someone will be able to give you a better answer on that. The main thing that you are looking for is a spike in your ammonia. I ended up achieving a ammonia spike just from the die off on the rock.

braysmom · 01/17/2008, 02:29 PM

well we've had ammonia but we just added 45 more pounds of rock last night on top of the 52 pounds that was already curing. our local pet store is pretty limited on their selection of stuff (nothing to help with the cycle) so we went ahead and threw in a shrimp late last night. didn't figure it would hurt anything, lol.

dbmtrman · 01/17/2008, 02:40 PM

The live rock curing should be sufficient for your cycle. You shouldn't have to add any shrimp.

braysmom · 01/17/2008, 02:42 PM

ok. thnx!

01/17/2008, 02:16 PM	#1
braysmom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: KY Posts: 118	Curing Live Rock With Shrimp??? we're curing our live rock in our tank (don't worry we have no livestock yet) and i remeber seeing somewhere to throw in one uncooked shrimp to help with the cycling. is this true? and how long do we leave it in???

01/17/2008, 02:22 PM	#2
acrodave REEF NERD Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: maryville tn-- work in knoxville Posts: 4,187	That was the old school way of doing it before lr hit the market. If you use a half pound to one pound per gal you will be fine and actually cycle faster __________________ Peace,Dave Superman puts on Tim Tebow pajamas when he goes to bed The Heisman as a sophomore nuff said Less technology more biology Tattoos are the only art you can take to the grave Current Tank Info: 26gal bow,20gal mantis tank/fuge150wHQI,20k AB Seio 620 maxijet1200x's 2 on a wave maker. all sps

01/17/2008, 02:22 PM	#3
an411 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Derby CT Posts: 2,861	YOu could just add a couple of flakes of fish food. The shrimp will work I am not sure the length that it should be put in for. Someone will be able to give you a better answer on that. The main thing that you are looking for is a spike in your ammonia. I ended up achieving a ammonia spike just from the die off on the rock.

01/17/2008, 02:29 PM	#4
braysmom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: KY Posts: 118	well we've had ammonia but we just added 45 more pounds of rock last night on top of the 52 pounds that was already curing. our local pet store is pretty limited on their selection of stuff (nothing to help with the cycle) so we went ahead and threw in a shrimp late last night. didn't figure it would hurt anything, lol.

01/17/2008, 02:40 PM	#5
dbmtrman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 144	The live rock curing should be sufficient for your cycle. You shouldn't have to add any shrimp.

01/17/2008, 02:42 PM	#6
braysmom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: KY Posts: 118	ok. thnx!