Rock cooking, it does work.

[graveyardworm]

I just noticed an aiptasia that survived three months cooking.

 

[Konadog]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6463321#post6463321 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by graveyardworm
I just noticed an aiptasia that survived three months cooking.

Still sounds better than finding hundreds in the tank.

 

[Frankysreef]

Just some 2 cents here, I recieved some FRESH rock when I started this hobby, some 6 yrs ago, and some more 3 yrs ago. I actually drove out to the airport in LA to get it, It was only out of the water for maybe 10-15 hours supposedly...

And the life that came off of it was incredible... There used to be a co called flying fish express that would do that for you. It cost a little more to get the fresh stuff, but it was well worth it...

They even told me a story about getting a moray eel out of a box of rock that was still alive, they threw it in a tank and it was doing well when I went up to get my rock...

I had pistol shrimps, crabs, starfish, all sorts of big and small worms... Black crabs, red crabs, hairy crabs... Some coral that started to sprout... actually still have that colony( it is in the unknown )

Luckily my trigger that I had at the time killed most of the crabs...And I finally removed the big pistol shrimp last time I moved my tank. Big green one.

Still have the cool green linckia style starfish that spawned a few times...Even got a big bristle star with the box.

So in other words, there can be some good out of the box...

 

[SeanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6464022#post6464022 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Frankysreef
supposedly...

Now there is boat rock.
10-15 days out of the water.

 

[Frankysreef]

Live rock is like a bunch of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get

Whether it is a dead sponge, a bunch of nasty algae, or baby snails, or coral buds...

 

[SeanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6466714#post6466714 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Frankysreef
Live rock is like a bunch of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get

...and then you "cook" it, and you know what you are going to get.

 

[Rob_Reef_Keeper]

I think I am goibng to put the tank back together this weekend. I hope the rock is ready. I just need to go buy 3 more rubbermaids and heaters to make up allot of water.

 

[Frankysreef]

Hey sean how about some pics of your tank?

Is the marine phrenologist PHD a joke?

Is this your phd?

http://www.victorianweb.org/science/phrenology/intro.html

 

[joefish]

 

[SeanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6477512#post6477512 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Frankysreef
Is the marine phrenologist PHD a joke?

Marine Phrenology is NO joke.
Acropora et al are very bumpy and those bumps need to be, nay MUST BE, deciphered!!!

 

[Frankysreef]

Now I get it...

 

[Hobster]

After reading and reading the many threads and posts, I either forgot or did not see:

What has everyone done with their corals that are firmly attached to the rock that is to be cooked?? I have many SPS that would need to be removed.
So, do I just chisel them off?
Once all the corals are detached from the rock, just leave them in the tank with no rock? There would then be a large reduction in filtering capacity, no??

 

[SeanT]

Chisel them off.
Build racks out of PVC and eggcrate to hold them.
You will lose the LR filtration ability and that is why more frequent waterchanges and wet skimming are needed.

hth,
Sean

 

[MiddletonMark]

Nice sig Ereefic :lmao:

So sad it's true.

 

[Hobster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6493848#post6493848 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SeanT
Chisel them off.
Build racks out of PVC and eggcrate to hold them.
You will lose the LR filtration ability and that is why more frequent waterchanges and wet skimming are needed.

hth,
Sean

Sean,

I guess I will then need to be testing for ammonia, nitrites/trates? Have not done that for a while, will need to get some new kits.

Thanks.

 

[Siffy]

Are you cooking all your rock at the same time or rotating it out to prevent that cycle and nitrogen swings?

 

[SeanT]

Hobster,
You can get the kits if it makes you feel safe...but why would you have an ammonia or nitrite spike?
Your tank isn't going to cycle.

 

[mattrix]

Can rock be over-cooked?

Can rock be over-cooked?

Is it possible to over-cook rock?

I have been cooking new "fully cured" rock for about six weeks while setting up a new 120 gallon tank. Well, with the holidays and all, I am way behind on my 120. The rock is still shedding, but not too much. Since it will probably be another few weeks before the tank is ready, is there a risk of the rock cooking too much?

Would it be advisable to throw some food into the tub to give the bacteria something to work on?

TIA...

 

[SeanT]

Not imo.
So long as you have aeration it will be fine.
Sean

 

[Hobster]

If I take out the rock, what then will break down the waste products produced by the coral and fish? Wouldn't ammonia then rise? I only got a 58% on the Chemistry test.