Australian live rock
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HudsonReefer2.0
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I don’t think UC would tarnish their rep on some live rock coming from a location other then advertised.
HudsonReefer2.0
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Yeah packed so well it held in all the stink. Lol.Just got my shipment in. 15lbs. I will add more pictures soon. It was really well packed
AlexG
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actually no it smelled nice and fresh. I have it in a small holding tank for now since my main system is going through a high zinc issue. Should be nice to see what critters come out. Maybe even some bioluminescent organisms.
HudsonReefer2.0
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Yes they said not fully cured and would need time and from what I cleaned off via saltwater rinse upon arrival I’d agree. Had that nostalgic, hey I remember live rock, bouquet.
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Makes sense. Did you do an initial high salinity dip? This will be my first time curing live rock and was taking a look at the instructions on KP for reference and they recommended doing that to get rid of pests, but sounds like some beneficial critters might be lost as well? Wondering if you think it's necessary having seen that rock now.
HudsonReefer2.0
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I just rinsed in my reef water mix which is 1.026.
HudsonReefer2.0
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Was just to get rid of the parts that were dying off and accumulated detritus
Ulmo
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My rock was delivered an hour ago. Well packaged with very wet paper towels as described by others. In the order notes I had requested small and/or flat pieces. Maybe due to limited variety in the remaining stock, or them rushing to get the orders out, I received one small and one large rock.
The small piece:
Beautiful, but too large for my needs:
Immediately split the big one up after first rinse in saltwater. Another rinse, then into the curing bin:
May need to smash pieces even more to fit in the limited spots I plan to put them. Again thinking that I shouldn't have glued my initial dry rock aquascape together so completely or strongly (thin super glue and crushed aragonite mortar, pro: easy and solid / con: too solid).
Happy with the evidence of life I see on it. I expect that will mostly just be added curing time, but hoping enough biodiversity will be retained for added benefit to the system. Not pictured here, but the larger break sections are grey almost all the way through, not white like KP (not dissatisfied at all with KP, just pointing out the difference in shorter duration aquaculture).
The small piece:
Beautiful, but too large for my needs:
Immediately split the big one up after first rinse in saltwater. Another rinse, then into the curing bin:
May need to smash pieces even more to fit in the limited spots I plan to put them. Again thinking that I shouldn't have glued my initial dry rock aquascape together so completely or strongly (thin super glue and crushed aragonite mortar, pro: easy and solid / con: too solid).
Happy with the evidence of life I see on it. I expect that will mostly just be added curing time, but hoping enough biodiversity will be retained for added benefit to the system. Not pictured here, but the larger break sections are grey almost all the way through, not white like KP (not dissatisfied at all with KP, just pointing out the difference in shorter duration aquaculture).
fulltang
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My rock was delivered an hour ago. Well packaged with very wet paper towels as described by others. In the order notes I had requested small and/or flat pieces. Maybe due to limited variety in the remaining stock, or them rushing to get the orders out, I received one small and one large rock.
The small piece:
Beautiful, but too large for my needs:
Immediately split the big one up after first rinse in saltwater. Another rinse, then into the curing bin:
May need to smash pieces even more to fit in the limited spots I plan to put them. Again thinking that I shouldn't have glued my initial dry rock aquascape together so completely or strongly (thin super glue and crushed aragonite mortar, pro: easy and solid / con: too solid).
Happy with the evidence of life I see on it. I expect that will mostly just be added curing time, but hoping enough biodiversity will be retained for added benefit to the system. Not pictured here, but the larger break sections are grey almost all the way through, not white like KP (not dissatisfied at all with KP, just pointing out the difference in shorter duration aquaculture).
Great info, how many lbs did you order? Also, what method did you use to break up the rock?
Ulmo
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7#. Hammer and chisel. Started with the hacksaw then remembered how tedious that is, especially on a large and branchy piece.
Ulmo
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Yeah, I put an Ammonia Alert badge in there and will keep mixing extra 5gal buckets for at least 50% water changes every day until I see it start leveling off in safe numbers. I use the water pumped out of my display during those changes too though, so some of the water will not be brand new.
albano
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I’m pretty sure that KPs rock is mined on land, and placed in ocean. Prior to being placed in ocean it’s been dry for about 1 million years.
The Aussie rock is old dead coral, that until recently was basically, never out of water.
so far, I’m not at all impressed with the rock that I received, but hopefully it will ‘bloom’ into something beautiful.
