Should I cure dry reef saver rock rubble from brs or can I just rinse and put in the tank? I keep reading mixed results on reef saver rock on weather it is safe to use or needs to be cured first.
I have added a few rocks to my established tank with no ill effects. I would not go crazy and double your rock volume but one at time should work better.
I've added some rubble so I'll have something to pull out and seed a new tank if I decide to build one up. I've also added large pieces with no ill effects, and watching it slowly turn from white dry rock to live rock over the course of months and years is actually really cool.
As long as the rock is mined, ancient rock and not dried out reef rock full of dead stuff, I can't see how it would cause a problem. Curing it with some bacteria for a while will make it effective at nitrification from the get go, but that'll happen pretty quickly on its own in the tank.
The dry rock I've always added is the Caribsea stuff my LFS sells.
I have 8 lbs of established live rock in the tank at the moment. Added some ceramic rings last week but have 2lbs of this rubble I want to add to be able to use to attch frags and such. Was thinking of running it in a gallon container with a bubbler for a few weeks but if its all good then I am just going to rinse in ro and plop it in.
Rinse and add it. It will take about 2 weeks for it to be colonized and start turning color. There is nothing in that rock that will cause a problem. Its been dead and dry for thousands of years
have a fist size rock I would like to add do you think it will be ok? planing on just rinsing it and adding it the last time I added half a handful of rubble and it worked fine
I've added some rubble so I'll have something to pull out and seed a new tank if I decide to build one up. I've also added large pieces with no ill effects, and watching it slowly turn from white dry rock to live rock over the course of months and years is actually really cool.
As long as the rock is mined, ancient rock and not dried out reef rock full of dead stuff, I can't see how it would cause a problem. Curing it with some bacteria for a while will make it effective at nitrification from the get go, but that'll happen pretty quickly on its own in the tank.
The dry rock I've always added is the Caribsea stuff my LFS sells.
I searched the forum for curing reef saver rock and found this. I have 80 pounds of the Caribsea dry rock that I am going to aquascape my tank with.
I have read so much conflicting information about this and most articles about it always throw in some info about live rock which just confused me more.
What should I do with this brand new rock on a brand new build?
I really appreciate the help.
I have this rock sitting in my living room where it has been for several weeks and I will hate to hear that I cannot just rinse it and put it in my tank and then fill it with saltwater and that it should have been curing all this time.
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If it is Life rock, then it has dry bacteria spores sprayed on the rock. Just add salt water and the bacteria start to grow. It will need to be fed something for the population to grow. How large the population needs to be, (what we call curing), depends on what you want to put in your tank and how soon you want to add it.
If its base rock then you will need to add some bacteria in a bottle and some food for the bacteria to grow. If you are in a hurry, ( what we call curing). If not in a hurry then just add water and some food (dead table shrimp) and wait a month or so until you detect a lot of nitrate.
I searched the forum for curing reef saver rock and found this. I have 80 pounds of the Caribsea dry rock that I am going to aquascape my tank with.
I have read so much conflicting information about this and most articles about it always throw in some info about live rock which just confused me more.
What should I do with this brand new rock on a brand new build?
I really appreciate the help.
I have this rock sitting in my living room where it has been for several weeks and I will hate to hear that I cannot just rinse it and put it in my tank and then fill it with saltwater and that it should have been curing all this time.
I used dry reef saver rock on my last tank. I rinsed it and put in for the cycle with some bacteria in a bottle and shot of ammonia and it turned out very nice.
Adding small amounts at a time should be fine. The real issue is that since nothing is alive on it, nuisance algae grows readily on dry reef saver rock.
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If it is Life rock, then it has dry bacteria spores sprayed on the rock. Just add salt water and the bacteria start to grow. It will need to be fed something for the population to grow. How large the population needs to be, (what we call curing), depends on what you want to put in your tank and how soon you want to add it.
If its base rock then you will need to add some bacteria in a bottle and some food for the bacteria to grow. If you are in a hurry, ( what we call curing). If not in a hurry then just add water and some food (dead table shrimp) and wait a month or so until you detect a lot of nitrate.
the last time I added half a handful of rubble and it worked fine 
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