New LR*

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

wow today i got 22lbs of live rock from fiji pre cured and its very nice it has some yellow sponges some lobe coral and i think 1 brain coral i cant tell its hard but ill get a pic soon

 

[1979camaro]

If this is the stuff you mail ordered remember that it will have to be re-cured because of the shipping. It should only take a few days, but it might take a few weeks.

 

[Airborneguy]

You might lose the sponges because of the transfer, but new ones will likely grow. You probably got some good copepods and bristleworms also!

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

well i didnt see and living moving things so far but there nice PS how do you know if its Fully cured? heres a pic of the coral on the LR please ID it and can i frag it?

 

[Lorna]

wwwwwhoa, slow down. Hopefully you have this rock in buckets with saltwater with powerheads etc. Check the ammonia levels and then nitrite and when they are both zero you will be sure it is cured. There should be some die off due to exposure to air, I would not suggest fragging anything off the rock until you are sure what you have and it has adjusted to your system and is growing.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

If its pre cured i'm willing to bet that coral is not a thriving colony, but more just a skeleton. I could be wrong though.

I agree, one step at a time.

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

ok sure its kinda VERY attached you can not get it off lol i think its some type of brain coral

PS why do they ship LR dry???

 

[Lorna]

Was it bone dry? or just damp. It should have been at the very least wrapped in wet newspaper to retain as much moisture as possible. It should not have been dry if so, it is not live rock but base rock.

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

it did have wet newspaper but why not in water???

 

[zoalover34]

Think about how heavy water is, it would cost alot more to ship plus it would be alot harder to get water to stay in a package IMO, unless they used buckets but then you couldn't get alot of rock in a 5gallon bucket so you would need alot more to ship.. 1 gallon of SW weighs about 8lbs.. That's why i think but its just an opinion...

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

ah interesting never though about that lol

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

yea i think that coral is just a skeleton it doesnt really and andy color and tiny little feeder tentecls well for >> furture reference << what would be a good beginer coral?

 

[FishGeek]

Mushrooms and Zoos are always the best corals to start with.

 

[Fishmonger70]

Why can't you just re-cure your LR right in your display tank if there is nothing else in it?

 

[FishGeek]

You can but he has also bought fish and inverts which he has in his tank.

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

ok well you guys might not want to agree with me but at about 2 hrs after i put my LR in my tank and then i put my clown in and that was thursday and now he is sooo alive and healthy you dont have to agree with how i did it i know most people will just criticized me but hey it worked :\

so now it has 1 clownfish 4 snails and there all moving and good proved you guys wrong

 

[Lotus]

proved you guys wrong

Well, I hope that makes you and your fish very happy.

 

[skratikans]

wow...and what are your tank readings? LOL..I cant BELIEVE that after all the advice everyone has bothered to give you, you still thought you knew it all and just didnt care..you didnt prove anyone wrong..give it time and you will be the one who will be proven wrong with a dead fish...very careless

 

[1979camaro]

Even if everything works out in the long term (this time) it is definitely bad practice.

 

[FishGeek]

Bad Practice for sure! Thats pretty pathetic and you lied too. The spike wont happen right off the bat and things may be ok for a couple days but once that spike comes I will being looking for you saying that your stock is dead. BTW This isnt a place where you prove people wrong and try and get a know it all name for yourself. Grow up a little!!