dried LR

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bushie12

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Hey guys,
Today i got some dried LR from a friend. I was wondering if there was any chance of it growing any kinds of nice colors on it? Mabey some greens or Purple coraline algea? And if anyone can help me out on growing algea on the rock?

The rock is now in my 55g with about 200 plus watts for my light. Withlots of flow. It currently has damsels in it. But its going to be a predatory tank with smaller triggers and groupers and such. The tank cycling is complete and im off to get fish tomorrow.

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Someone correct me if Im wrong but if it is dried it is nolonger alive, it will be after some time once it is in the water though. You could also seed it with some LR to speed up the process if you like. For the coraline algea you can add a product called purple up, it has helped in my tank.
 
purple up is a great coraline accelerator just make sure you test your alk and ph to make sure you keep them in check. but he is correct dried LR is dirty base rock, it will take time, but eventually you will grow coraline algae on it all. patients is the way of a marine tank, nothing happens over night except hair algae.
 
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so true
 
dried live rock id dead. its basically base rock. as stated above you can seed it with live rock or live rock rubble, which i suggest you do. so there is some bacteria in the tank to start with. zero x zero = zero after all. :)

a good mix is 60% live rock to 40% dead/base rock, but bear in mind it can take up to 2 years for dead rock to become 'fully live'.

live rock is a good thing to have in your tank, especially if you want some predators. they generally have massive bioloads, so the extra filtration will come in handy.

im not sure if any groupers stay small enough to live in a 55g for life though... if there are some i want to know. i dont have the room or money for tanks measured in hunderds of gallons.

the triggers you could, do but choose carefully (niger, clown ect) also some of the smaller lionfish species (fuzzys, fu manchu. some smaller species of hogfish (dianas hogfish), and some smaller puffers would also work (tobys GSP's, dogface puffers maybe?).
 
Thanks guys. I was thinking a bursa and a niger trigger. Mabey even just one, because i find that triggers act more like gods when its one per tank. LOL But live or not i think it looks nice. I got it from a friend who had some kind of algea on it that he couldnt get off. So he bleached it. Its been out of the water for about 2 weeks.
 
correct live rock that is dried is no longer alive but basically base rock, however upon introduction into the tank with rock that is alive all the micro-fauna and zooplankton will reproduce and take home in the dried LR making it actual LR again. As far as accelerating good Coralline algae growth is if you have LR in there with Coralline put it near a power-head so that when it releases it's spores they will take hold on the rest of your rock and over time you'll get the growth you desire and adding a 2 part calcium and alkalinity supplement will also aid in the growth as well.

mr.reef24
 
It does look good you dont have to take it out just get a few pieces of new LR to seed the old stuff.
 
bromie88;3247522; said:
dried live rock id dead. its basically base rock. as stated above you can seed it with live rock or live rock rubble, which i suggest you do. so there is some bacteria in the tank to start with. zero x zero = zero after all. :)

a good mix is 60% live rock to 40% dead/base rock, but bear in mind it can take up to 2 years for dead rock to become 'fully live'.

live rock is a good thing to have in your tank, especially if you want some predators. they generally have massive bioloads, so the extra filtration will come in handy.

im not sure if any groupers stay small enough to live in a 55g for life though... if there are some i want to know. i dont have the room or money for tanks measured in hunderds of gallons.

the triggers you could, do but choose carefully (niger, clown ect) also some of the smaller lionfish species (fuzzys, fu manchu. some smaller species of hogfish (dianas hogfish), and some smaller puffers would also work (tobys GSP's, dogface puffers maybe?).

Here we are. Found it. A grouper that dosent get big. A white spotted grouper. Or Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus. They stay small only about a foot. I have had one in the past. Had him in a 46 bowfront for about 3 years. And he only grew to about 6 inches. I got him when he was about 3 inches. They are very neat. And while my 55 might not last him his whole life. It should last him for most of it. Even though i have not seen a white spotted grouper past 6 inches in a fish tank.
 
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