If you want coralline, you will need light and something to seed it. If it was me, I would wait for this step until after its in your tank. To seed the rock with bacteria, you can always just toss in a cocktail shrimp. This will start the cycle, but you may want to monitor the progress, depending how long it will be before you need the rock, you may need to add a shrimp periodically. Once the shrimp is gone the bacteria will begin to starve. This can all be done in the dark. Doesn't have to be shrimp, you can use fish food, plankton whatever. To get pods, you will need a piece of live rock, even a small piece that you can check closely for aiptasia will work as long as it has pods in it.
These guys will starve too if you don't feed the rock. If you're really worried you can always put the live rock in a small container under a light for a week or 2. If there is aiptasia, this should give it time to come out where you can see it.
Last edited by Money pit; 10-09-2011 at 01:13 AM.
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