petemichelle
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I just purchased 200lbs of aqua max dry rock from Marine depot, for a brand new 150 gal tank I am setting up. They say it is dig out of the ground and professionally cleaned, as opposed to coming out of the ocean and then dried. My question is. Does it still need to be cured on salt water for 4 to 8 weeks? Or at all? Or can I just put
It in the new tank and add sand and water without worry about nutrients and other things that you traditionally cure to avoid? And is there anything to gain from curing, like maybe letting it go through a diatom or algae bloom before going into the main display tank?
One more question. If I add a piece of live rock from another tank I obviously take the chance of introducing something into the new display, but what if I first dip it in a coral dip? Will that kill any unwanted hitch hikers? Will it also just kill everything good I am trying to introduce like the bacteria and coralline algae as we'll making it then moot?
It in the new tank and add sand and water without worry about nutrients and other things that you traditionally cure to avoid? And is there anything to gain from curing, like maybe letting it go through a diatom or algae bloom before going into the main display tank?
One more question. If I add a piece of live rock from another tank I obviously take the chance of introducing something into the new display, but what if I first dip it in a coral dip? Will that kill any unwanted hitch hikers? Will it also just kill everything good I am trying to introduce like the bacteria and coralline algae as we'll making it then moot?
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