marco polo rocks, dried coralline?

[pastina]

i bought some dry marco live(dead) rock and i was surprised that it had a ton of dried up very bright purple coralline on it.
since its been dried up for a long time whats the chance the coraline will come back to life again and spread??

or will it just melt away and is totally dead coraline and will never seed?


the rocks are totally dry and have no odor, but dang they look good

[Hop]

The coraline is dead, but it will be absorbed back into the water column and disappear. You may consider cooking the rocks though as the base rock can leach Po4 for a few months. I didn't though and everything was OK, just a few algea strains for a few months

[pastina]

oooh ok

im running phos zorb at the moment, maybe that will suck it up??

[hng]

Good to see you back on TRT. You should be fine, although it would have been preferable to soak and cook dried rock for a few weeks so that it can expell any built up waste.

[crvz]

Originally Posted by pastina

oooh ok

im running phos zorb at the moment, maybe that will suck it up??

I've never been a big fan of po4 media, but it may not hurt. I don't like using it in established tanks, but at the beginning it may be a good idea.

[pastina]

Originally Posted by hng

Good to see you back on TRT. You should be fine, although it would have been preferable to soak and cook dried rock for a few weeks so that it can expell any built up waste.

thnx

yeah i wasnt sure what i should do with them when i took them out of the box. they looked so clean and didnt have a smell so i figured ahh what the heck i'll just use them as is

im starting a new project, a 220 gallon bare bottom fish only tank
things will be alot slower going with this tank, so by the time i add a fish xmas might be rolling around

[pastina]

heres a pic. it was just setup a few days ago, im on temporary equipment at the moment. i got a lil ammonia spike yay! not much just .50 ppm
i messed up on the spec. gravity, its at 1.027 so i gotta lower that a bit.
im just gonna keep fish and inverts, no corals in this tank. not aggressive, some butterfly's, tangs, chromis etc.
its still naked so be kind to me

[Fat Tony]

i just ordered a box of that yesterday, looks to be pretty nice stuff.. what size box did you order??

[pastina]

two 50# boxes
the peices are great. i swear they look live. that green one came all green allready, i think it used to be green coraline since it seems "baked" on.
theres alot of dark purple coraline splotches on most of them

[hng]

Looks good so far. I've gone bare bottom on my 90 and I really like that style so far. Just make sure you get a BIG skimmer.

[Loverotties]

Nice rocks!

[pastina]

thank you, the rocks will be my pet for awhile

i spray painted carboard in this sand textured spray and placed it under the tank so the fish dont get that lost in space feeling
it does reflect alot of light so thats cool