Keeping Live Rock

[Hamsnacks]

In the Process of shutting down my tank, all the fish and coral are now sold, what remains is the cleanup crew and live rock.

I was thinking of just keeping the Live Rock in the Display tank until it eventually sold.

Just had a couple questions:

1) Someone wants to purchase my lights, should I sell them or would the Live Rock do better with the lighting?

2) Should I feed the tank maybe once a week?

Any other tips for keeping the rock alive?

Thanks

 

[Oropher]

Rock will do just fine without light. I'm assuming you're thinking about beneficial bacteria not coralline.
You could dose carbon every other day, feeding the tank weekly is ok too.
I guess the water needs to be circulated too.

 

[brandon429]

If you simply keep it wet the bacteria live forever no need to feed it drives up algae potential. keep salinity set and motion and the rock can hold decades awaiting re use, since lr has photosynthetic organisms some light timing will be appreciated