Cooking Live Rock - Exact Process?
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arconom
Premium Member
Well it took from 4:00pm -6:30 to finish the process.
A few questions
First, the rock was out of the water for about 2 hours,basically the whole time. Is this a big concern?
Also worst case scenerio what if I did this procedure once a week? I realize it might take longer.
Reason for this is I have to hop around on one foot. I'm still recovering from a ATV accident. So a small task can take me much longer.
I think when this is over I will have used 3-5 160 gal IO salt.
I have used already 1/2 of a 160 gal bucket of salt this covered the 1st major cleaning and 2nd Follow up cleaning.
A few questions
First, the rock was out of the water for about 2 hours,basically the whole time. Is this a big concern?
Also worst case scenerio what if I did this procedure once a week? I realize it might take longer.
Reason for this is I have to hop around on one foot. I'm still recovering from a ATV accident. So a small task can take me much longer.
I think when this is over I will have used 3-5 160 gal IO salt.
I have used already 1/2 of a 160 gal bucket of salt this covered the 1st major cleaning and 2nd Follow up cleaning.
arconom
Premium Member
The first Major one was the on 12/11/2004 the one I talked about in the post. That was the FIRST to do everything that included taking the rock out for the first time. That one was 7-8 hours.
This time was just one of the scheduled swish,dunk change main holding tank water.
2 1/2 Hours for the swish and the water change in my rock cooking tubs.
The funny part is this time was about as dirty as the first time. But this is the bacteria going to work.
It mainly looked like mps9506 post of the pic.
This time was just one of the scheduled swish,dunk change main holding tank water.
2 1/2 Hours for the swish and the water change in my rock cooking tubs.
The funny part is this time was about as dirty as the first time. But this is the bacteria going to work.
It mainly looked like mps9506 post of the pic.
Seant,
thanks for all of your tips and advice. I removed all of my rock about 8 wks ago from my 90, and my 1/2" cutting board arrived today.
Is it recomended to wash/soak the board to remove the plastisizers first or can it be put straight in?
When cutting the board should it be a tight fit or have some space all the way around? I thought I had seen somewhere to leave a space to prevent warping.
Thanks again, Mark
thanks for all of your tips and advice. I removed all of my rock about 8 wks ago from my 90, and my 1/2" cutting board arrived today.
Is it recomended to wash/soak the board to remove the plastisizers first or can it be put straight in?
When cutting the board should it be a tight fit or have some space all the way around? I thought I had seen somewhere to leave a space to prevent warping.
Thanks again, Mark
arconom
Premium Member
Ok I guess I should do the same and cut to size to be safe.
Also SeanT what do you think would happen if I do this once a week. It's hard with me hopping around. I realize it will take longer. But is that the only risk?
Also I think I'm going to buy the big 55 Gal Rubbermaids from HD there like 52.00$. I can't get all the destritus off the bottom of my Fish tank that I'm using for my cooking, unless I tip it. I can see an accident happening.
Also SeanT what do you think would happen if I do this once a week. It's hard with me hopping around. I realize it will take longer. But is that the only risk?
Also I think I'm going to buy the big 55 Gal Rubbermaids from HD there like 52.00$. I can't get all the destritus off the bottom of my Fish tank that I'm using for my cooking, unless I tip it. I can see an accident happening.
