Live rock!

youngreef

youngreef

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I bought some nice liverock from global aquatic. what should i do with them before I put them in the tank?
I guest they run the same system in the warehouse. some tank has blue water like coper..I don't know if they treat the same with liverock.
what should i do? my friend told me to give them a vinegar bath in the bucket for a few days and clean them with water(don't know salt or just RO/DI water) for a couple day then put them in the tank. any advice?
Thanks
 
I sure hope there was no copper used with your rock! Blue water may not necessarily be copper but it may be an antibiotic. Are you sure that rock is live?
Didn't you get enough rock from me?
 
I'm setting a new 29g biocube, these liverock look beautiful to me..bali that what they called. really nice.
 
anyone buy live rock from Global Aquatic? do you have any problem with it when you added them in the tank? do you cure it first?
thanks
 
You should call global aquatics and ask them what was in there. The guys there are pretty nice and knowledgeable, leave a message and they usually get back to you asap
 
Methylene blue is used in aquaculture and by tropical fish hobbyists as a treatment for fungal infections. It can also be effective in treating fish infected with ich, the parasitic protozoa Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. It is usually used to protect newly laid fish eggs from being infected by fungus or bacteria. This is useful when the hobbyist wants to artificially hatch the fish eggs. Methylene Blue is also very effective when used as part of a "medicated fish bath" for treatment of ammonia, nitrite, and cyanide poisoning as well as for topical and internal treatment of injured or sick fish as a "first response". - Wikipedia

I asked one of the guys there why they used it and he said it is "to help the fish breath". My assumption is that it helps the fish after being in bags for several days. More than likely as a treatment for the ammonia and nitrite that accumulate in the bags during transit.

Or even from the cyanide that some people use to catch the fish in the wild.

Through the use of illegal practices such as cyanide fishing, coral reefs and fish communities are put in grave danger. The process of cyanide fishing involves injecting crushed cyanide tablets and squirting this solution from a bottle toward the targeted fish on top of coral heads. Specifically, the cyanide kills coral polyps, symbiotic algae, and other coral reefs organisms that are necessary for maintaining the health of the coral reef. These damages eventually deteriorate the coral reef and lead it into collapse of the entire coral reef ecosystem. The effect on the targeted fish is disorientation and semi-paralysis. After being squirted with cyanide the fish is easy brought to the surface and kept alive in small, on board container. - Wikipedia
 
I bought live rock from Global Aquatics when setting up my 120,but it was there in a separate tub in regular salt water.It was cured very nicely.I kept it for a week in my plastic tub checking for parameters,but never any ammonia spike,so I put it in my tank with no problem.
 
I would treat ANY rock bought from a LFS as uncured rock, unless they remove it directly from their display tanks.
 
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