Can some one please explain to me the difference in curing vs cycling dry rock

[stevediaz1]

Can some one please explain to me the difference in curing vs cycling dry/live rock

my understanding is that curing method is:
dry or live rock placed in a bin with salt water heated and add a circulation pump do water changes every 1-2 weeks for at least 1-2 months until dead organic dissolve

cycling a new reef tank method to my knowledge is:
Same thing as curing but ….you either add a hearty strong fish in the system like a clown fish or you could go the fish less system and add ammonia in a bottle or add a raw shrimp don’t do water changes until you’re read zero with your ammonia test kit then do a 50% water change when you see zero ammonia


basically what I see is the only difference is the water changes every 1 to 2 weeks for at least 1 to 2 months am I wrong?

 

[reefrubble]

Hi stevediaz1,

Curing liverock is the process of allowing all the dead organisms on the liverock to completely decompose prior to adding the rock to a tank. Cycling wet liverock is not necessary because it is already cycled and contains living organisms however, this is not the case for dry rock. For dry rock, it must be cycled along with the tank to accumulate living organisms on and inside it in order to be suitable for tank inhabitants.

Bulk Reef Supply has two really good articles on curing live rock and on cycling dry rock. Here are the links:

Curing:

How to Cure Live Rock

Curing new live rock is an important step in setting up a reef aquarium. We’ll show how to do it the right way with our easy live rock curing guide.

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Cycling:

The Best Ways to Cycle Your Reef Aquarium

Most of us are guilty of rushing with an aquarium setup at some point. And, as Murphy's Law would have it, this almost always results in complications. Whether you add too many fish at once, fail to cure your live rock or simply do not wait long enough before adding animals to the tank—each of these

www.bulkreefsupply.com

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[stevediaz1]

Thank you for the info