Can live rock be revived?

[kingtoad]

Can it?

 

[integlikewhoa]

Yea. Put it in the tank or the ocean for a year and it will be back to new.

 

[Bebo77]

lol, you dont need to do that... if you put it in your tank it will come back in 6 months or less....

 

[ste6168]

lol, you dont need to do that... if you put it in your tank it will come back in 6 months or less....


*edit- i did copy his ^^ answer because it was just too perfect for the question

 

[grupper]

Perhaps someone should mention that the tank needs to have some other live rock in it in order to revive the old live rock.

 

[corals b 4 bills]

I agree with grupper, the more live rock you add to the old, the faster it will seed. (So to speak). Especially coraline algae.

 

[NoSchwag]

It's my understanding that you don't need live rock to seed it, all you need is an ammonia source, like fish pee.

 

[CodeBlue]

What is the current condition of the rock? If all you want is bacteria for a nitrogen cycle then put it in and add a fish. But if you want all the critters that go along with "live rock" you will need to reseed it with a new piece. My self, I would go with a chunk or two of uncured but well rinsed rock. I am of course assuming your rock is or has been dry for some time.

 

[andycook]

Also depends on what you mean by "revive" - bacterial life or visible growth.

 

[kingtoad]

I just received the tank. It was a full setup and got it for rather cheap.

I want to get into the hobby but it's not very easy! I'm trying though.

When I bought the tank, I took the fish to the pet store and had them hold it until I get the tank clean and situated.

By the I finished moving the tank inside of my home it was late, so I took the live rock from the trashcan that I had it in and put it back in the tank as well as re-added the water.

I came back home from work the next day and my place smells horrible. I look at the live rock and there are worms hanging outside of it and they're not moving. I picked up one of the rocks and it was no longer slimey like it was yesterday when I moved it. It was hard. I knew they were dead.

I put the rock back in the trashcan, siphoned the water back in there.

I want to clean my tank. The sand is horrible. There is a ton of bubble algae blended in with the sand. Is there an easy way to clean this up?

Can any of you guys give me recommendations? I want to try to get it done this week if it's possible. I'm told that I cannot put the fish into the tank with the live rock inside of the tank at this current position because it's curing.

 

[kingtoad]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6629551#post6629551 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by grupper
Perhaps someone should mention that the tank needs to have some other live rock in it in order to revive the old live rock.

This is good, because I have live rock that's under good condition being stored in another aquarium right now. Hopefully this rock will help the rest of them when I finally get situated.