Nope just pop it in and leave it be, you want ammonia to be there so the bacteria that converts it will build and turn it into nitrite and so on.
Wait to WC untill you have no ammonia and nitrite readings. Run phosphate remover if you can though.
Live Rock in cold water for the night
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Re: Live Rock in cold water for the night
OKsorgan wrote:Nope just pop it in and leave it be, you want ammonia to be there so the bacteria that converts it will build and turn it into nitrite and so on.
Wait to WC untill you have no ammonia and nitrite readings. Run phosphate remover if you can though.
Should I run my skimmer?
Re: Live Rock in cold water for the night
Yes as it will start pulling algae spores and protein out during the 'cycle'
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Is there a kind of phosphate remover that I just pour into the tank? All I can find is phosphate remover that needs to be put into a filtersorgan wrote: Run phosphate remover if you can though.
Re: Live Rock in cold water for the night
Nope use the stuff you need to put in a filter bag and put it in high flow or in a media chamber/reactor
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Re: Live Rock in cold water for the night
Do a search on curing live rock.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Live Rock in cold water for the night
I forgot to ask this, I've had the sand ffrom my SW tank in a tub for about a month which has been sitting in my shed. It's in a plastic container with a lid ion it. Will this be ok to put back in my SW tank with the curing LR? It dosn't smell horrible at all.
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Re: Live Rock in cold water for the night
Sure, cycle everything together.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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