Silly Idea, leaving live rock (rubble) in saltwater mixing station

[Gaspipe]

I have a traditional two tub water station. Freshwater above, SW below.

I was wondering would it be beneficial to add rubble in the SW container? So when you add new SW to your display (AWC setup) some of the beneficial bacteria could enter? I know most of the bacteria is on the rock NOT the water column. I just wonder will you wipe out the bacteria when adding FW to then dump salt to mix.

Just an idea...

rubble such as this:

Live Reef Rubble

Microbiome testing for aquariums and aquaculture

aquabiomics.com

 

[NoFoolin]

I would not recommend that. The bacteria you want needs fish waste to live. Your holding tank is sterile, relatively speaking, so it will starve and die. The water will turn and not be good for use after some time. Also, read the mixing instructions on your salt mix. There is usually a min max time to stir.

 

[AutumnReefs]

You would probably kill everything when you add fresh water then mix. You may also not be having any beneficial bacteria in the water column since what is on the rock, when you put it in there, is going to stay on the rock if its not already free swimming (I assume)

 

[Gaspipe]

I thought it was a silly idea. As a noob, better to ask here vs experimenting with animals' lives and health. Thank you @NoFoolin and @AutumnReefs for replying.

Fear not R2R, I'll keep that rubble in my tank once I get my hands on it

 

[krash7172]

This doesn't really answer you OP but I store a small amount of rubble in my sump for mounting frags.

 

[AutumnReefs]

I thought it was a silly idea. As a noob, better to ask here vs experimenting with animals' lives and health. Thank you @NoFoolin and @AutumnReefs for replying.

Fear not R2R, I'll keep that rubble in my tank once I get my hands on it

If you want I can recommend some bacteria products. PM me if you'd like my favorite list. I have used an unusual amount of bacterial products

 

[Gaspipe]

This doesn't really answer you OP but I store a small amount of rubble in my sump for mounting frags.

It's an AIO tank, so no sump. I did buy a pack of Bio-Lux Ceramic that i will stack in one of the chambers though.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

IMO, it won't do anything good or bad. My salt water mixing tank (2 x 44 gallon Brute cans) attained lots of precipitated solid material over the years, and I felt little need to remove it.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/index.htm

 

[ctopherl]

If you want I can recommend some bacteria products. PM me if you'd like my favorite list. I have used an unusual amount of bacterial products

This made me chuckle. Were you testing them out or something? Why have you used an unusual amount compared to other people?

 

[AutumnReefs]

This made me chuckle. Were you testing them out or something? Why have you used an unusual amount compared to other people?

I have set up a lot of tanks and get stuff pretty cheap