Dead Rock... how long until it lives????

[oscarslr]

If you have base rock (dry)and a percent of live rock.... how long will the base rock take to come to life..........

 

[drummereef]

Hard to say really. But for full efficiency I'd say months.

 

[EvilE]

6 months or more until it has all the living organisms in/on it

 

[mheaven]

if you are seeding it with live rock it should be about a month..

 

[EvilE]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10198192#post10198192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mheaven
if you are seeding it with live rock it should be about a month..

or live sand right??

 

[zma21]

IMO, as soon as there are nitrifying bacteria present on the rock, it is live. So basically as long as your cycle goes.

Looks on the other hand, it took my base roughly 4 months to color up to the point where i can't tell the difference between my (once)dead and live rock.

 

[loosecannon]

hi im from planet earth, and here that ? can`t be anserd with any sertenty. how much live how much base, is thar live sand? do you have fish and invertebrats that , eat the goodys you are tring to grow? do you have a sump,refung. and algae dose not mean the base is live nore pods runing around but they are a good sigh.

 

[EvilE]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10201473#post10201473 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by loosecannon
hi im from planet earth, and here that ? can`t be anserd with any sertenty. how much live how much base, is thar live sand? do you have fish and invertebrats that , eat the goodys you are tring to grow? do you have a sump,refung. and algae dose not mean the base is live nore pods runing around but they are a good sigh.

English???

 

[deklin]

It also depends on the ratio of dead rock to live rock to determine how fast the dead rock will seed. 20 lbs of dead rock mixed with 80 lbs of live rock will seed much faster than 20lbs of dead rock mixed with 5 lbs of live rock. The second scenario could take up to a year or more to get full life.