hw to cure live rocks

[flamey]

hehe.. hi guys!

dis might be a stupid qtn to most of u...

but hw do u cure the rocks when u get hm eh?

[FuEl]

If you have phobia of hitchhikers like crabs, etc simply kill the liverock by soaking them in freshwater. After that put them in seawater and cycle your tank. You won't need to add any market prawns,etc.

[flamey]

hmmm...

tanx fuel..

when u mention soak in freshwater, hw long exactly do u mean?

[FuEl]

Up to you..not really neccessary if you are keeping big fish. But since I will be keeping teenie weenie stuff I most likely will be killing all my liverock. Maybe a 1-2 day soak in ph 7.0 freshwater. Then after that maybe subject any possible surviv0rs to pH shock by dumping some kalkwasser in. Then drain the water and replace with seawater and wait for my tank to cycle.. Don't think anything could survive on my rocks after all the torture.. Bwauaha..

[typrobin]

better get rid of any crabs....i was stupid enuf to listen to my gf and dumped the crab back into the tank...now i think it is the prime suspect of my sailfin's damaged fins....hai....and i cannot catch it unless i tear down the whole tank...

[weishun]

Hmmm any kinda of crabs will do damage to livestocks? I just caught a big crab from my liverocks today while i was about to place it to my tank which was cycling due to upgrading to a new sump system that hermit made for me.

[moxa]

check out the link

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general...eral_pagesid=31

regards,

Moxa

[flamey]

thanx a million bro moxa for the link!

it anwers all my doubts bout curing the rocks!

[moxa]

U r most welcome

2 other useful ink you might want to check out

Acclimation Procedure Guidelines

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general...eral_pagesid=19

Compatibility Chart reference

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

cheers

Moxa

[XPeriment 626]

Fuel, isn't what you're doing effectively buying a live rock and turning it into a dead rock? Why so extreme treatment?

I've heard of ppl leave the rock out of water, in the sun for one week. Tends to wipe out anything. Can also cure that way, sure get a lump of dead rock one

[giantbicycle]

Up to you..not really neccessary if you are keeping big fish. But since I will be keeping teenie weenie stuff I most likely will be killing all my liverock. Maybe a 1-2 day soak in ph 7.0 freshwater. Then after that maybe subject any possible surviv0rs to pH shock by dumping some kalkwasser in. Then drain the water and replace with seawater and wait for my tank to cycle.. Don't think anything could survive on my rocks after all the torture.. Bwauaha..

whao, good idea sia..............

just bought 20KG too add in to my existing tank LR's. and i took out everything, wanted to do a total restack....To my horror, when i took them out and put into the pail without water.. Lots of things that i see will make me man... ard 4 Huge crabs and 2 blister worms.... And ard 20-30 Small * i mean real small, MIrco* Mantis Shrimp........

Now i am confussed and after reading yr suggestion..nw now all my 30KG are out of water in a pail...hope this will kills all of them....or do i need to add more tourting

anw, good advice..

[giantbicycle]

thats not all..

[giantbicycle]

they are the killers of this my cuttie

[marcvelous]

Hah hah...

Just to share my experience...

I have a professed phobia for hitch-hikers.

THis is what I did the last time when I tried to get rid of hitch-hikers:

1. Dip LR in tapwater for 2 days.

2. Remove all exposed hitch-hikers

3. Hypo-salinity treatment (Soak in super salty saltwater) for 1 day

4. Remove yet more carcasses

5. Rinse with tapwater and leave to air for 2 days

Some of the feared hitch-kikers include:

1. Worms

2. Crabs

3. Isopods

4. Mantis shrimp

At the end of about one week, I still find some hitchhikers on the (by now, dead) rocks which are elusive and I cannot get at!!!!!

That is why I only use DEAD rocks now.

Any crabs, no matter how herbivorous will still be harmful to your LS especially if you intend to keep teeny weeny stuff like I do.

Better be safe than sorry man...