How long to culture live rocks.

[bUrPz]

Got a few pieces of dried ones from a friend... washed and placed in tank... but how long should I culture them before removing the older, smaller ones? Can any kind soul advice? Thanks!

[Reefaholic]

Got a few pieces of dried ones from a friend... washed and placed in tank... but how long should I culture them before removing the older, smaller ones? Can any kind soul advice? Thanks!

Culture??

You mean to let the live rock mature?

You need to cultivate with another live rocks which i think will be faster.

if not your dried live rocks are all dead and will take a very long time.

[reeftask]

Culture??

You mean to let the live rock mature?

You need to cultivate with another live rocks which i think will be faster.

if not your dried live rocks are all dead and will take a very long time.

not think, but what you said is indeed true.

Dead LR will start to mature with little bacs after 9 months if no other LR helps. If helped by other LR, maybe 3-6 mths, depends on that helping LR maturity.

[bUrPz]

i see... think i should be doing the right thing... am placing the "dead" ones together with the mature ones coupled with good water circulation... but my small 2ft tank is now full of rocks... and it would be like that for a few months...

probably re-scape before CNY...