Keep live rocks live

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

I have a new system that I am gearing up for a transfer. I am going to move some of my established live rock to my brand new sump for short term storage ( 14 days or so ). It has flow and heat, just nothing to feed it. I have some Dr. Tim's ammonia chloride. My sump holds about 120Gs. How much would you dose and how often would you do it if you wanted to feed the rock? Can I cut it with RODI and put it on a doser?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I would not add any ammonia unless you are talking several weeks or more, in which cause, I'd probably add some fish food, not ammonia only.

 

[Dan_P]

I have a new system that I am gearing up for a transfer. I am going to move some of my established live rock to my brand new sump for short term storage ( 14 days or so ). It has flow and heat, just nothing to feed it. I have some Dr. Tim's ammonia chloride. My sump holds about 120Gs. How much would you dose and how often would you do it if you wanted to feed the rock? Can I cut it with RODI and put it on a doser?

Is this 14 days in the dark?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I would just add a pinch of flake food once a week.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Is this 14 days in the dark?

No. I’m not curing these, or anything I get from TBS. The first batch I received smelled great.

 

[PharmrJohn]

No. I’m not curing these, or anything I get from TBS. The first batch I received smelled great.

Yeah. I love that smell. Like being on a jetty at low tide.......