DIY Rock (oystercrete) curing??

[MicroTankin]

I did have them in salt about two weeks ago for about a week and no spike so I went back to freshwater curing. I am pretty sure they are cured because I have 2 batches curing in two seperate tanks and they have both been holding at 8 for weeks now....I am going to soak for one more week and start the tank up I think...see how it goes?

[Wayne]

Sounds like you are ready to go. Seeding it in its own tank is going to be redundant but definatly a good idea!

[blacknife]

i tried putting some of my diy rock that i thought was stabilized in my nano. not much just a bigger piece or 2. I had a powerhead incident that blew half the water out of the tank and the heater really heated up the remaining water and the ph went through the roof. back in the bin went the rock.

I wonder if cooking up the heat on it would speed up the ph leaching

[MicroTankin]

It would be interesting to do an experiment and see if heat would affect the curing process. I am going to make some more rock this summer and I found a nice place in a creek where I can let it sit for a month or two and let nature do its worst to the rock then I plan on letting it dry cure in the sun for 2 weeks or so to let the sun bleach the rock even whiter and make it look more like dry reef rock.

However if you read this article (http://www.oystercrete.com/Journal/?p=74) they did not do any heat treatment ideas but the result of there study is that only water volume affects curing time....

Thanks again for all the imputs keep them comin....
I will keep this post updated as to the status of my rock and my findings as far as seeding.