How to tell - Cured or UnCured LR

[cheong]

Hi,

How to tell whethre the LR is cured or uncured ? The LR in LFS can price from $4 to $18 per kg, to me they are all the same except shapes, any guru can teach me on the differences ?

Thanks, learning from you

[Cookiemunster]

Any live rock will become cured if left in sufficient salt water with strong flow.

Cured simply means the stuff on it is no longer rotting. So best bet is to pick it out of the water and smell it. If you smell any hint of rotting eggs then it is uncured.

[Clownfish]

if the live rocks just reached the LFS, with strong sulphur smell n worst still, with a lot of macroalgae on them, they r uncured....

[cheong]

Any pictures of cured and uncured LR ?

[dravan]

liverocks cured or uncured looks alike... haha u cun tell frm looks... use the smell method

[linkiat]

good cured LR smells like sea weed, fresh. uncured has some stuff rotting or dead lost thru transportation so has an ammonia smell but they can be cured over time so no worries too. for good example of LR can try ML. I bought mine from there. pretty good quality!

[calvin15]

i was shifting my LR last night when i got pricked by some very tidy and micro stuff. took a good look and they are all poking into my flesh. any idea wat is it?

[arcanehacker]

i was shifting my LR last night when i got pricked by some very tidy and micro stuff. took a good look and they are all poking into my flesh. any idea wat is it?

pods? .. ... size and colour?

[calvin15]

pods? .. ... size and colour?

they are like transparent and very small in size. in fact i think i got some tat went into my flesh and still stuck there.

[arcanehacker]

they are like transparent and very small in size. in fact i think i got some tat went into my flesh and still stuck there.

eewww.. scary..

hmmm... is that the reason why everytime I stick my hand in the tank, it itches?

[maKo]

Sounds like spines from resident bristle worms. Pods are more like tiny white worms wriggling about the place - makes for good fish food.

[lightningstrike]

nasty bristleworms.