Question about live rock...

ultimatedc · 05/13/2011, 05:51 PM

Last night I took a piece of my live rock out of my tank, the biggest piece. Now, I have a 10g tank, so it's not very big. Everything seems fine. I took it out to clean it, had a lot of hair algae on it, however.. I forgot it outside! Overnight, up until now!

I picked it up and decided I want it to go back into my aquarium. I threw it in a bucket of old saltwater. Is it a stupid idea to add this back to my aquarium, after 12+ hours of sunlight exposure?

tymon · 05/13/2011, 05:53 PM

i wouldnt 12 hours in the sun will kill alot on it.

ultimatedc · 05/13/2011, 05:54 PM

Okay, so it's safe to assume it would send my tank through a cycle again?

ReeferBill · 05/13/2011, 06:08 PM

What do you have in your tank that would suffer from another cycle ? If there is a friend that could hold onto your livestock , you could put it back in and re

cycle. You could also check perameters after adding rock and do small water changes every day until its over. Maybe 1 gallon per day.

ultimatedc · 05/13/2011, 07:30 PM

I don't know anybody with a SW tank, lol.

Well, I have a clownfish, an engineer goby, and a yellow clown goby. As well as some inverts, a brittle starfish, ETC. My tank is established but this rock looks good. I threw it in a bucket of old saltwater that I siphoned out of my tank last night. When would it be safe to add it? It's nothing big, maybe 1.5lbs..

05/13/2011, 05:51 PM	#1
ultimatedc Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 31	Question about live rock... Last night I took a piece of my live rock out of my tank, the biggest piece. Now, I have a 10g tank, so it's not very big. Everything seems fine. I took it out to clean it, had a lot of hair algae on it, however.. I forgot it outside! Overnight, up until now! I picked it up and decided I want it to go back into my aquarium. I threw it in a bucket of old saltwater. Is it a stupid idea to add this back to my aquarium, after 12+ hours of sunlight exposure?

05/13/2011, 06:08 PM	#4
ReeferBill Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,906	Live Rock? What do you have in your tank that would suffer from another cycle ? If there is a friend that could hold onto your livestock , you could put it back in and recycle. You could also check perameters after adding rock and do small water changes every day until its over. Maybe 1 gallon per day. __________________ I never realized I had to be a Chemist and a Marine Biologist to maintain a Reef Aquarium!

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05/13/2011, 05:53 PM	#2
tymon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 278	i wouldnt 12 hours in the sun will kill alot on it.

05/13/2011, 05:54 PM	#3
ultimatedc Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 31	Okay, so it's safe to assume it would send my tank through a cycle again?

05/13/2011, 07:30 PM	#5
ultimatedc Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 31	I don't know anybody with a SW tank, lol. Well, I have a clownfish, an engineer goby, and a yellow clown goby. As well as some inverts, a brittle starfish, ETC. My tank is established but this rock looks good. I threw it in a bucket of old saltwater that I siphoned out of my tank last night. When would it be safe to add it? It's nothing big, maybe 1.5lbs..