live rock question

agreeive?fish · 12/28/2011, 07:02 AM

ok i am at a point in my interior home remodel that iam ready to move my 75g to a 210g(have tank).

can i do a 10-20 second swashing of live rock in fresh water(dechlorinated, temp/ph adjusted) to remove loose accumulation with out harming the bio of the live rock

redfishblewfish · 12/28/2011, 07:39 AM

If all you are interested in doing is to “remove loose accumulations,” why not just do it in the current tank while you are removing that rock…….A little shake back and forth before removing that rock. The other option is to set up this separate tank/bucket using salt water instead of fresh.

The one thing I remember from biology is that we use to lyse blood cells using distilled water to collect and map chromosomes. The lysis happened pretty quick. So if there are “animal” cells within the rock, there might be a chance of them bursting as well. Plant cells don’t do this lysis thing because of there cell walls. That’s Biology 101 for you.

Dustin1300 · 12/28/2011, 08:45 AM

I'd agree that it's not worth killing bacteria if you can use SW to rinse.

12/28/2011, 07:02 AM	#1
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	live rock question ok i am at a point in my interior home remodel that iam ready to move my 75g to a 210g(have tank). can i do a 10-20 second swashing of live rock in fresh water(dechlorinated, temp/ph adjusted) to remove loose accumulation with out harming the bio of the live rock

12/28/2011, 08:45 AM	#3
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	I'd agree that it's not worth killing bacteria if you can use SW to rinse. __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

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12/28/2011, 07:39 AM	#2
redfishblewfish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 716	If all you are interested in doing is to “remove loose accumulations,” why not just do it in the current tank while you are removing that rock…….A little shake back and forth before removing that rock. The other option is to set up this separate tank/bucket using salt water instead of fresh. The one thing I remember from biology is that we use to lyse blood cells using distilled water to collect and map chromosomes. The lysis happened pretty quick. So if there are “animal” cells within the rock, there might be a chance of them bursting as well. Plant cells don’t do this lysis thing because of there cell walls. That’s Biology 101 for you.