Tipton34
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My lfs only sells live rock that has been out of the water for awhile. They say it will come back, is this true?
Tipton34 said:I got it for $5 a pound. It's pretty cheap for around my neck of the woods. I know the beneficial bacteria will come back in time but what about all the things attached to the rock? The stuff that grows off the rock
It does take awhile for all the bacteria to die off obviously the dryer it gets the more that will die i had takin 50 pounds of rock from my tank before it dried for a few weeks while i sat up another tank when i put the rock back in water star polyps began to grow after 3 weeks stars are what was on it before it dried out my advice would be to seed it put a good cured piece thats been in water and it will spread id also rinse the dieoff with saltwater before puttin it in the tankTipton34 said:I'm going to be pretty mad if it doesn't after my lfs swore it would.
danbstrong said:It does take awhile for all the bacteria to die off obviously the dryer it gets the more that will die i had takin 50 pounds of rock from my tank before it dried for a few weeks while i sat up another tank when i put the rock back in water star polyps began to grow after 3 weeks stars are what was on it before it dried out my advice would be to seed it put a good cured piece thats been in water and it will spread id also rinse the dieoff with saltwater before puttin it in the tank
danbstrong said:It does take awhile for all the bacteria to die off obviously the dryer it gets the more that will die i had takin 50 pounds of rock from my tank before it dried for a few weeks while i sat up another tank when i put the rock back in water star polyps began to grow after 3 weeks stars are what was on it before it dried out my advice would be to seed it put a good cured piece thats been in water and it will spread id also rinse the dieoff with saltwater before puttin it in the tank
Hardridge said:Go on Craigslist u can get live rock all day for 2 bucks
Bkmrsteel said:I have tried, no one in my aria us selling any. Even people breaking there tanks down to sell, won't split any of it, not even the animals. Like everyone has an all for my price or nothing attitude.