Picking up Live Rock Today - Question

Has your tank gone through the cycle already? If not you can add the rock now and not worry. If it's an established system it's my opinion that you put the rock into a seperate container with water, pump and heater and test for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates for the next couple days before adding it to your display.

 

yes....my tank is cycled already.
This rock has been in a tank for 3 weeks already curing...I just brought it home today....cleaned about 15 lbs and put it in my tank.

The rest I have in a rubbermaid with a heater and a powerhead!

What temp do I keep it at and I also have the salinity at around 1.020 b/c I read lower the better for curing!

I will test the water in a couple of days....then change some....then add the rock to my tank slowly like 15-20 lbs a week.

I got about a 100 lbs of rock today and I have about 125 in there now so after I get this rock it thats it for the tank!

 

oh...also....should I pick off any soft stuff I see on the rock...there are spongy things.

Should I also clean it up before I put it in the tank with a soft brush or something?

 

I'm about to add some "cured" live rock that's coming from someone else's tank to my established tank... I plan to put it in a large container and check for ammonia and nitrates over a week... if there is ammonia in the container, then I will let it cycle longer and do small water changes... if ammonia is not detectable, and nitrates are high, then I will change the water until the nitrates go down and stay down... then I'd start adding the rock in slowly from the container to my tank. This would be the safest way to go...