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11/19/2013, 02:33 PM
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Live Rock - Fresh Water
If I put a single live rock in fresh water will it smell? I'm ordering dry rock but I like that rock as well. I want to seed it with one piece from the LFS where I can see the tank. This rock may or may not have life on it - since its been in the same water in a tub since July.
Should I just let it dry out since I'm not fully ready? Would it smell less if I put it in fresh water?
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11/19/2013, 04:16 PM
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why not just put it into a bucket with salt water? otherwise, the coralline would not survive.
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11/19/2013, 04:21 PM
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It will smell either way, has it been sitting in fresh or salt water?
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11/19/2013, 04:55 PM
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I don't want it to survive, since I did not see the tank it came out of. It was in salt water...but the water is all nasty.
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11/19/2013, 06:19 PM
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then just let it dry out--doesn't smell too bad. also, consider bleach bath and acid bath--makes the rock like new.
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11/19/2013, 08:28 PM
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Unless I read your post wrong, why would you pay for live rock, and then let it dry out? That is just a waste of money. Don't buy live until you are absolutely ready to put it into the tank WITH water...
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