That Fish Place Guide: Curing Aquarium Live Rock

Not sure how to correctly cure the live rock for your new reef aquarium? This video is designed to give you a step-by-step guide on how to prepare your rock. Part of That Fish Place instructional video series, video features Sarah, an on-staff marine biologist at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA. Anyone looking for more information on curing or establishing live rock in their aquarium, or similar aquarium questions, should visit thatfishplace.com or give us a call at 1-888-THAT PET. Our staff of marine biologists is on hand to answer any aquarium questions you may have.

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[MournelitheCalix]

Here is what I don't get about the "live rock." Live rock in the ocean is truely alive. There is all kinds of invertebrates that make the rock "Live." Then when they take it out of the ocean, they pack it in damp newspaper?? Huh maybe I missed something but I want that invertebrate life too not just the bacteria. I just don't get why these stores take this rock out of the ocean and then wrap it in newspaper.

[ThatPetPlace]

@MournelitheCalix, The bacterial life and microorganisms on the rock, form a solid foundation for a succesfull marine, aquarium. Most "live Rock" is very porous, and is used by many aquarists as their primary biological filter. Even when only transported in wet newspaper, many organisms survive, and will seed the aquarium with life. Transporting rock in water, would be very difficult, because of the weight of doing so, it would be cost prohibitive to ship in this manner for any volume.

[br0ken68]

I just bought a piece of uncured rock. Your video helped alot. I'm in the process of making my own base rock, using osyter shells, portland cement and rock salt. Right now I have the rock soaking in freshwater. Once the salt is disolved it makes the rock pourus just like live rock. My question is what is the best way to get coraline algae growing from my live rock to my dry base

[ThatPetPlace]

@br0ken68 - Make sure that you allow the cement based rock ample time to cure in the freshwater, they will leach lime and cause very high pH. Mixing your cured base rock with some natural rock that has coraline algae in the same tank, will promote the coraline algae growth to spread to the whole tank. Make sure that you maintain the proper Calcium, Magnesium, and Alkalinity levels in your water to support new calcification.

[WheresWaldoTV]

can people order certain shapes of live rock? cause im designing my tank a certain way

[ThatPetPlace]

@WheresWaldoTV - If you give us a call, we can do our best to find the shapes of rock that you are looking for, as long as it fits in our shipping boxes. For mail order we only sell the rock in box quantities, not individually by the pound. If you are within driving distance of our Lancaster, PA retail store, we have thousands of pounds of rock on hand, and you can hand pick your own rock.

[manojsam79]

this girl have never blinked through the whole time

:)

[justinwwwalin]

i wish i knew a girl who knew fish stuff lol

[kimikozembower]

thanks for the information

[CaptianSwan]

Is that 80 degrees Fahrenheit?

[that1guy92]

@MournelitheCalix the bacteria on the live rock helps 2 filter nitrite and nitrates out of the water. the wet news paper keeps the bacteria alive by keeping it wet. if the rock wuz shiped in water the dead plant matter on the rock would leach ammonia into the water an bleach ur live lock and kill it.

[hamoon007]

your hot

[Arteolike]

@themousemaster Check out MARCO rock... Its dead live rock, it's safe for freshwater, there is artificial live rock, buts it ugly and expensive.

[Arteolike]

This is "cooking" rock, not curing.

[101brucelee]

No theres not

[themousemaster]

ARE THERE ANY LIVE ROCKS FOR FRESHWATER AQUARIUMS?

[ke70hibino]

Great video but please blink!

[ke70hibino]

@MournelitheCalix

There's still heaps of life on them even after taking them home from your LFS. If you leave the rocks to get bone dry however, you won't have anything left, but keeping them damp seems to do the job.