Lr?

Rp Marine · 11-14-2004, 11:31 PM

my friend have about two piece of LR about 30lb and he let it set in a ice cooler with the lid close for one week. is the LR bad? can i save the LR? and if i can how.

he took the rock out of his 30g tank because he was taking it down. put it in the ice cooler with nothing but the LR in it no water or anything. and leave it in side his house.

**Poseidon** · 11-14-2004, 11:42 PM

I bet it STINKS!!!

Try a trash can curing method, Giant Skimmer LOTS of current. I'll bet most "critters" are long dead, but maybe the Algae can make a comeback... Don't put it in your tank until all the NH3 and NO2 are undetectable...

Rp Marine · 11-14-2004, 11:46 PM

i was suprise that the rock don't stink at all. thankx for the help

Rp Marine · 11-15-2004, 11:45 AM

i put it in a 5 gallon bucket and put two power head with a heater. it start to sink when i put the water in. i also put a small filter in it as well. do i really need the potien skimmer? can i just do a 2-3 gallon water change a week? im new at curing lr because i always get my rock fully cured.

**Poseidon** · 11-15-2004, 12:07 PM

the skimmer will cut down the cycle time. but so will the water changes. Just remember to test before adding to tank...

Rp Marine · 11-16-2004, 12:07 AM

i really don't need the lr. but my friends was just goin to throw it away. so i trying to save it. do you think this lr well have nothing living so it would be just a base rock? so i am not in a hurry to use it.

Rp Marine · 11-16-2004, 12:59 AM

i was suprise that smell of the rock isn't bad. when i was puring the water in to the bucket with the rock there was some smell but not alot. now that it is in water for about 12hour there is little to no smell. should i be smalling alot of routing when i cured lr? this is my first time curing a lr.

**Poseidon** · 11-16-2004, 04:52 PM

It should have stunk pretty bad if there was a lot of die off, Test the water it is in, if there is no NH3 NO2 etc... then the rock did NOT have a lot of die off, if there are toxins present then maybe your sniffer is broken!!!

Rp Marine · 11-23-2004, 08:15 PM

it been about two week and the test are still high. i'm making a new set up 10 gallon. can i put it in a new set up with only that piece of LR and LS?

**Poseidon** · 11-24-2004, 12:04 AM

Sure, it will continue to cycle in the 10 gallon tank then... Just nothing in the 10 gallon you care about until after the levels come back down... Because of how the rock was treated it may be 4-6 weeks for it to calm down enough to add anything...

Rp Marine · 11-24-2004, 12:36 AM

would it kill anything from my LS? i want to set up a fuge with mico. should i wait till it finish cycle. can i also put Fully cured LR in it too?

**Poseidon** · 11-24-2004, 08:41 AM

Yes, it would kill critters in your LS, so I would wait. I thought you were starting from scratch on the 10 Gallon, with a dry sand. And Yes you can put fully cured live rock in your tank, depending on where you get it from. If you get it from the LFS, it is only out of the water a little while, you won't have much die off to cause a cycle. However, if you get it online, and it haas to be shipped, you may see enough die off to cause a NH3 spike...

Rp Marine · 01-22-2005, 10:04 PM

now that the LR is just base rock how would i perpare it for my aquirum? i been leaving it in the 10 gallon for a month with no mantence. so no living thing to shavage. i was thinking about breaking it down to pieces and my rubble rock put it in my 20 gallon when it is safe to so it could become colonize with bacteria. so plz help if your can

Peterock · 03-15-2005, 11:32 PM

How is the LR doing in your tank now since its been a while.

Rp Marine · 04-20-2005, 01:48 AM

i give up on that
it been 3 month out of the water and drying in my room. i want to clean it up and put it in my 29 tank to seed it will all my lr i have in my 29. right now i'm soaking it in tap water to looseing and dissolve the salt on the rock. should put it in boil water? don't know were to start

**Poseidon** · 04-20-2005, 08:30 AM

I would spray it off with a HOSE

Make sure there is NO ODOR to the rock, and yes you can smash it up and use it for rubble.

11-14-2004, 11:31 PM	#1
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	Lr? my friend have about two piece of LR about 30lb and he let it set in a ice cooler with the lid close for one week. is the LR bad? can i save the LR? and if i can how. he took the rock out of his 30g tank because he was taking it down. put it in the ice cooler with nothing but the LR in it no water or anything. and leave it in side his house. Last edited by Rp Marine; 11-14-2004 at 11:41 PM.

11-14-2004, 11:42 PM	#2
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,160	I bet it STINKS!!! Try a trash can curing method, Giant Skimmer LOTS of current. I'll bet most "critters" are long dead, but maybe the Algae can make a comeback... Don't put it in your tank until all the NH3 and NO2 are undetectable... __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

11-14-2004, 11:46 PM	#3
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	i was suprise that the rock don't stink at all. thankx for the help Last edited by Rp Marine; 11-14-2004 at 11:50 PM.

11-15-2004, 12:07 PM	#5
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,160	the skimmer will cut down the cycle time. but so will the water changes. Just remember to test before adding to tank... __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

11-16-2004, 12:07 AM	#6
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	i really don't need the lr. but my friends was just goin to throw it away. so i trying to save it. do you think this lr well have nothing living so it would be just a base rock? so i am not in a hurry to use it. Last edited by Rp Marine; 11-16-2004 at 12:48 AM.

11-15-2004, 11:45 AM	#4
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	i put it in a 5 gallon bucket and put two power head with a heater. it start to sink when i put the water in. i also put a small filter in it as well. do i really need the potien skimmer? can i just do a 2-3 gallon water change a week? im new at curing lr because i always get my rock fully cured.

11-16-2004, 12:59 AM	#7
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	i was suprise that smell of the rock isn't bad. when i was puring the water in to the bucket with the rock there was some smell but not alot. now that it is in water for about 12hour there is little to no smell. should i be smalling alot of routing when i cured lr? this is my first time curing a lr.

11-16-2004, 04:52 PM	#8
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,160	It should have stunk pretty bad if there was a lot of die off, Test the water it is in, if there is no NH3 NO2 etc... then the rock did NOT have a lot of die off, if there are toxins present then maybe your sniffer is broken!!! __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

11-23-2004, 08:15 PM	#9
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	it been about two week and the test are still high. i'm making a new set up 10 gallon. can i put it in a new set up with only that piece of LR and LS?

11-24-2004, 12:04 AM	#10
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,160	Sure, it will continue to cycle in the 10 gallon tank then... Just nothing in the 10 gallon you care about until after the levels come back down... Because of how the rock was treated it may be 4-6 weeks for it to calm down enough to add anything... __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

11-24-2004, 12:36 AM	#11
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	would it kill anything from my LS? i want to set up a fuge with mico. should i wait till it finish cycle. can i also put Fully cured LR in it too?

11-24-2004, 08:41 AM	#12
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,160	Yes, it would kill critters in your LS, so I would wait. I thought you were starting from scratch on the 10 Gallon, with a dry sand. And Yes you can put fully cured live rock in your tank, depending on where you get it from. If you get it from the LFS, it is only out of the water a little while, you won't have much die off to cause a cycle. However, if you get it online, and it haas to be shipped, you may see enough die off to cause a NH3 spike... __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

01-22-2005, 10:04 PM	#13
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	now that the LR is just base rock how would i perpare it for my aquirum? i been leaving it in the 10 gallon for a month with no mantence. so no living thing to shavage. i was thinking about breaking it down to pieces and my rubble rock put it in my 20 gallon when it is safe to so it could become colonize with bacteria. so plz help if your can

03-15-2005, 11:32 PM	#14
Peterock Citizen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Nashville Posts: 185	How is the LR doing in your tank now since its been a while.

04-20-2005, 01:48 AM	#15
Rp Marine Council Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 303	i give up on that it been 3 month out of the water and drying in my room. i want to clean it up and put it in my 29 tank to seed it will all my lr i have in my 29. right now i'm soaking it in tap water to looseing and dissolve the salt on the rock. should put it in boil water? don't know were to start

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04-20-2005, 08:30 AM	#16
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,160	I would spray it off with a HOSE Make sure there is NO ODOR to the rock, and yes you can smash it up and use it for rubble. __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

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