Adding live rock to established tank

[bobmakespancakes]

Hi! i was going to go out later and get more live rock for my tank because the rocks are live and nothing on them will be dead i can just add it right to the tank right? i am not adding too much just some to make the design better for shrimp

 

[Rhoads238]

What is currently in your tank as far as live stock? you might experience a cycle if you do that because of die off. I would personally put the live rocks in a bucket or some kind of water tight container for a few weeks with a powerhead and a heater, so that if they do cause a cycle, it doesn't happen in your tank.

 

[Rp8]

In agreement with what's mentioned above +1

 

[DrMMI]

For what it's worth, I added about 40 pounds of established live rock to my tank to help with fighting dinos and had 0 issues. I have a 260 gallon tank which had a ton of live rock to begin with, so that might have helped avoid any cycle.

 

[homer1475]

Depends on if the rock is truly dead rock with no organics on it. If it is dead rock with no organics I would add it with 0 issue.

If it does have organics on it, I would do as above.

I've added 30 pounds of true dead rock to my 5 year old 80g cube with no problems.