How long can cured LR be out of water B4 die off
 

If I was to pick up cured LR from a store that is NO MORE than 10 min from my house and the LR is just in a box or a pale with NO WATER, would one get much die off???

I have been curious about this!

Sorry for the novice question:redface:

Not much as long as it remained damp. Just give it a sniff - the worse it smells the more die off you've got.

Wrap it in wet newspaper and put it in a styro shipping box, 10 minutes shouldn't kill too much with the exception of sponges.

No smell at all, I added more LR today and the tank that I got it from is very well established tank with fish in it. She put the LR in a styro box inside a plastic garbage bag and it took me under 10 min from out of their tank and into my tank. I am positive there is very little die off, but I have been always curious as to how long it would take to cause serious damage to the LR...

I've transported LR out of water in sealed plastic bags for 45 minutes with very little noticeable ill effect.

I've transported live rock covered in zoas and mushrooms out of water for close to an hour with no noticeable ill effect. My live rock was shipped for 6 hours via air with very little water and I have sponges, sea squirts, zoas, worms, sea cucumbers...on it.

10 minutes shouldn't do much harm

very cool feedback - thank you all!

I've had some shipped that was out of water for 8 hours. It was wrapped in very wet newspaper. It had a small bit of die off, didn't smell too much. It did have a detectable cycle but was pretty minor compared to what some people end up having.