Real Reef rock

[slayerhellfire]

So I was told by saltwateraquairum.com that this rock needs no curing is this true, was going throw some into my system.

 

[brandon429]

If you got it wet I would bet it's ready. If you see ultra rare animals on it not usually associated with old reef tanks then I would cure it, but if it's normal looking and wet, with a few decent hitchhikers, that's what we pay extra for. Let's see pics

 

[Bob Weigant]

I went to man made reef rock to avoid the unwanted hitch hikers

 

[VR28man]

The Real Reef Rock (TM) that saltwater aquarium.com sells is dried rock. based on their description of the manufacturing process, I would not bother curing it.

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/real-reef-rock-by-the-pound-mixed-sizes-real-reef/

 

[count krunk]

According to their website, it is actually man-made reef rock, so real fake reef rock is a more accurate description.

It seems nice, but I am of the camp that using rock that is painted/dyed to look like very mature purple rock is cheating

 

[slayerhellfire]

According to their website, it is actually man-made reef rock, so real fake reef rock is a more accurate description.

It seems nice, but I am of the camp that using rock that is painted/dyed to look like very mature purple rock is cheating

this is rock being added to a very well established system thats all

 

[IPHY]

this is rock being added to a very well established system thats all

I did this — added Real Reef rock to an established tank, without cycling. I rinsed/scrubbed it all with a toothbrush pretty thoroughly; but that’s it.

Wrote a longish post about it here: https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/6247365/