What would happen...

[Doglips56]

If I added a piece of live rock to my 2 month old reef aquarium? I used dead dry rock to start it and CaribSea arag alive sand. Current water parameters are:
pH 8.03
dKH 7.3
Nitrates 5 ppm (good)
Magnesium 1600+
Calcium 490
Phosphate .03 good
Ammonia/Nitrites 0/0

I’m feeling like perhaps a piece of live rock could be beneficial but I’m equally feeling like it could cause problems I’m too new to even think of. I’ve just been thinking I may be missing out on beneficial microbes you just can’t get in a bottle and I don’t want to get bad hitchhikers.

I have a refugium in the sump but it only has sand and matrix in it, no macroalgae yet. I also run a reef octopus skimmer relatively dry skimmate.
Thoughts?

 

[saltyhog]

If it's truly live rock and hasn't been out of the water it can be added without any problem. The possibility of "bad" hitch hikers is always a possibility but I've always gotten more benefit than trouble with live rock...even directly from the ocean such as TBS or KP Aquatics maricultured live rock.

Adding biodiversity is always a good thing. Is there anything specific you're trying to achieve with the addition?

 

[Doglips56]

Just what you said, I want to add biodiversity and you just can’t get that stuff in a bottle

 

[New&no clue]

I started my tank with live rock, but I also add some too it here and there why I'm changing my rockscape. I've never had a problem adding anything new is... as long is it stays wet from point A to point B.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It should be of no problem and other than possible hitchhikers of benefit