2nd hand live rock

[ruarox]

i picked up a 55g saltwater tank w/aprox 30-40lbs live rock. the tank lacked maintenance and was covered with hair algae.the live rock was put in a rubbermaid container w/pump and heater but no light. is this enough to kill hair algae and how long will it take to clear up

 

[Sk8r]

Don't even worry about the algae. It's good, in my book. It took 3 days to cook my very good live rock---I was very upset about it, [happened during move and setup delay] and I would take any amount of algae to have my worms and dusters and snails back. You could install it now, or continue to 'cook' it that way for a week. Ultimately it won't remove phosphate, which is why you have algae blooms: that will be done by phosban and refugium, when you get your tank set up.

 

[ruarox]

yeah the 55 is an add on to my system (refugium/sump) ditched wet dry filter and tank is set up

 

[tony45power]

AHH DONT WORRY ABOUT IT! JUST TOSS THE ROCKS IN.

 

[Teknagen]

For a new setup it wouldn't matter because if you maintain the tank the algea will go away. Half of the live rock I got was covered with tons of bubble algea I didn't noticed. They lasted only 2 weeks in my tank I didn't even bother removing them manually.

 

[ruarox]

the tank has been setup for 3 months