Live Rock

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by untamed

Further on that thought, this means that the rock should enter a system that has already cycled and is already capable of supporting a bio-load. Done this way, the rock will reward with an amazing abundance of life beyond algae.

When I set up my 135g tank last February I started off with 34 lbs of cured LR. The tank never did cycle because of the LR. In other words, it cycled immediately, if you get me. Sure, I got the usual brown and hair algae but no ammonia spike and no nitrite spike. Just low nitrates right from the get go.
Another way of looking at it is, in my case, it was the LR that made the tank, not the tank making the LR.

FWIW.

Cheers,