60 lbs live rock starfish sear urchin help pls!:-)

Hey guys ima about to aquire about 50-60 pounds of live rock 2 starfish and 2 sea urchins from a friend that has a tank up an running that he's takin down my question is this, do I have to do anything special to acclimate the live rol to my tank or is it okay to just place it in, also with the starfish I know they can't be exposed to air so should I just drip acclimate them for a couple hours then dump the bag into my tank?? Thanks 3reef any advice is greatly appreciated ;D

 

Sounds very cool, if they are going into an established system, just acclimate. If this tank is still cycling, that is a whole different story.

Anyway pictures are always cool

 

yeah i def post some pics and finally be able to start a btr tank build... and naw the tanks done cycling its been up and runnin for a lil over 2 months now and was a running tank even before i aquired it :-D

 

Never heard that Starfish couldn't be exposed to air, someone might want to tell the people at Sea world so they can take their kids starfish exhibit down! LOL sorry I couldn't help myself.

I think your confusing Starfish with sponges, star fish are not effected by exposure to air but Sponges are, it can and usually kills them. Just drip acclimate the starfish.

As far as the rock goes, unless you expose that to air for quite some time, it should be a simple thing to move it from one tank to another. Just keep it submerged as much as possible and you should not experience any cycle or any problems.

 

star fish are not supposed to be exposed to air. there is a way to do it by tapping their mouth to close it than covering it snugly with your finger while still in the water than lift it out and quickly place it into your tank lift your finger off its mouth after its in the water. but if your not sure how to do this dont take the chance after a acclimation add it with the smallest amount of water you can.

congrats on your new adds

 

So should I bring the tub I keep my made up salt water in and just have water in there to transport the rock for the 20-25 min drive?