please help me newbie !

[ashidiq]

can i clean my live rocks with tap water before adding into my tank ? how will i know if my live rock is dea d ?

[SBS_Transit]

the rock u bought is LR that is cured or uncured ?

[Golden Tooth]

how will i know if my live rock is dea d ?

Smell it.

[CalciumReef]

Washing with FRESHWATER will kill off the bacteria in the rock.There will be die offs on the rock.

[bwilly]

Smell it.

best to assume its uncured.

n your topic is too vague my fren..

cured rocks look more whitish with coraline algae (reddish patch) on them.

uncured, basically got a terrible sea smell on it. n there's some living crawlie on it.

[lightningstrike]

clean wif ur tank water.

[terryansimon]

you can clean with freshwater if you want, and risk destroying all organisms on it. all, includes pests and beneficial.

[alanseah]

well u can put into your tank and let it cycle if u r too lazy..

and then do a big water change...

[terryansimon]

which is what I did. (=

[bwilly]

if u just adding some additional LR..

wat I did is wash in tapwater.. scrub it.. clean..

put back in my tank, let it seed together with my other cured rocks. take note, huge amt. of additional LRs will cause some spike..

u can also beat your LR with a rod to make sure its dead..

[terryansimon]

cane the bugger! (=

just cure it in a tub with saltwater and a powerhead to make it circulate. if you're lazy, be like me and just dump the thing into your tank. if you're adding into a tank with stock already, be careful. may cause ammonia spike.

[SpiderOne]

large influx of uncured LR will cause ammonia spike. Cured wont be so bad. unless its not cured properly.

[ashidiq]

thanks alot for all of the helpful advise.... hmm hard to find so helpfull people nowadays....

[bwilly]

so kopi-o on the hse from u ah?