Cooking Rock

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by untamed

why not use some sort of artificial porous rock instead?
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simple, because most of the man made stuff is ugly. and when a company does come up with something deicent they charge more touting the "saving the reef" ploy.

same thing with tank bred fish, they should be less to encourage people to buy them.

Steve

[Chad]

Originally Posted by untamed

Why do we pay so much for LR, only to go to these measures to remove the life that was paid for?

I see this comment so many times. There still seems to be a large amount of people who have no clue what "cooking" the LR really means. Some think its killing all the pods etc. But in reality your killing anything that is photosynthetic. So, your killing Algae (which most people do not want) and possibly some corals (which if it was really one you wanted you can take off before you start the process).

I have about 30 lbs or more of LR cooking for the past year ( for my 90gal tank which is not setup yet ) .. There is so much life on those bloody things now. Sponges, snails, copepods. You name it. Except Algae!

Most people I think would agree that you don't normaly cook fresh LR that you just bought from the retail outlet (came from ocean). "Cooking" LR is usualy reserved for rock that has become algae infested or came from a poor husbandry environment.

Just my 2 cents

[Farrmanchu]

Originally Posted by Chad

I see this comment so many times. There still seems to be a large amount of people who have no clue what "cooking" the LR really means. Some think its killing all the pods etc. But in reality your killing anything that is photosynthetic. So, your killing Algae (which most people do not want) and possibly some corals (which if it was really one you wanted you can take off before you start the process).

I have about 30 lbs or more of LR cooking for the past year ( for my 90gal tank which is not setup yet ) .. There is so much life on those bloody things now. Sponges, snails, copepods. You name it. Except Algae!

Most people I think would agree that you don't normaly cook fresh LR that you just bought from the retail outlet (came from ocean). "Cooking" LR is usualy reserved for rock that has become algae infested or came from a poor husbandry environment.

Just my 2 cents

Well said!

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Actually George, the term "cooking" used in reefing isn't quite as literal. Rock is placed in a container with water, a powerhead and a heater .....

Planning on cooking a few pieces of aiptasia infested LR. First time doing this (and hopefully last).
Just wondering...is a heater really necessary? I'd prefer not to use one.
And....in other's experiences, with the die off, does it stink to high heaven? Wondering if I should do it outside.

Thanx much,