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Quick rock curing
So I had some rocks in my fuge and I decided to add them into my display tank. The issue is that I forgot that I have a emerald crab in my fuge. He now has no place to hide, and is managing to crawl all over the place up and down baffles.
I have some dry rock and I have been boiling in water for the last few hours to "clean" it... how horrible would it be if I put it in my fuge? I have a 50g display tank with 20g in the fuge. Thanks in advance for any help |
Are you attempting to cook your rock by boiling it? The problem I see is dead rock going in can have a bunch of die off and leech phosphates and nitrate into your tank for up to 2 years. You'd be better off to pick up some used rock and clean it well with a brush. You could put so,e PVC pipe and such in there for him to hide for now and just remember to feed him till you find rock
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yes, boiling it because i figured it would clean it as much as possible.
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Throw it in a bucket with freshwater and power head , change water every few days .
Test for phosphates ... May take a few months but that's the quickest with dry rock. |
I normally just add them to my display few lbs at a time with no issues at all
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just add it they will become live a small addition like that won't affect much
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iam cooking some LR right know in saltwater with a good power head and a heater with a temp about 85, i change out the water every week the rock had high posphates, is this the best way to get the phosphates out, i plan to run like this for a 6-8 weeks or should it be in freshwater
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A good quick read here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphate |
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