curring lr

[mnreefman]

does water temp matter when curring a vat of lr...
i started curring my 300 lbs yesterday, as i was wondering if i should place a heater in there

 

[Woodstock]

I think as long as it's not winter time (freezing temps) you will be fine. Mine will be cured beginning this weekend without a heater.. in the garage.

 

[mkpaulson]

If you have a extra heater I would suggest using it, the water temperature should be between 74 -80 degrees. here is a good link.
http://www.waltsmith.com/media/pdfs/ROCK_curing.PDF

 

[Woodstock]

Hummm ..... mine would need a chiller if anything and I am not doing that.

 

[Witfull]

:LOL:

 

[corvettephreek]

I agree.... woodstock has enough problems with her LR than to be throwing a chiller in the mix.

 

[Gina]

We used a heater when we cured ours but, that was also in the month of September and the temps got a little chilly at night.

 

[mnreefman]

k well its 50-60 degrees and i have it inmy garrage... ill throw a couple heaters

 

[mkpaulson]

Hummm ..... mine would need a chiller if anything and I am not doing that.

well You could always use a fan blowing across the top of the Rubbermaid tub but in your case Woodstock your using dead rock just trying to establish some bacteria growth if I remember correctly.

but in mnreefman case I believe he's using "Live rock" which could have some very nice hitchhikers like brown button polyps, and other types of coral. so in his case it could be beneficial to keep good water parameters.

 

[mnreefman]

mk as of right now i havent found any hitch hikers yet... just alot of rotting alages... skimmer has slowed down alot... i clean the waste container once a day... which seems odd to me.. i figured id be pulling ot more

 

[mkpaulson]

mnreefman, Don't give up hope yet it took the six weeks after I put the rock in my tank before these hitchhikers showed up.

 

[cheeks69]

Wow cool HHiker's Mark ! Mine just had some nice pink sponges and fan worms and other fauna no corals unfortunately :columbo:

 

[mnreefman]

very nice! i can only hope i get goodies like that

 

[corvettephreek]

where the heck do you get live rock from where it isnt infested with bristleworms and has some COOL hitchhikers like those? good luck, MNreefman!!!

 

[BoomerD]

Corvette, what's wrong with bristleworms? they are perhaps the most important part of your cleaner crew.
One of the important things when curing rock, is to have LOTS of flow, and a good skimmer. Things will start rotting on that rock as it cures, (no getting around that) and a good skimmer to help with that is a must. Otherwise, the ammonia build-up can & will get so strong that it often kills some of the life on/in the rock.
Read and follow Walt's directions. He KNOWS live rock. It's his business.

 

[mnreefman]

what about chlorinated water.... i realized that b4 i was setting up the vat i had city water... city water equals chlorine

 

[BoomerD]

Treat it with a good chlorine/chloramine neutralizer.

 

[mnreefman]

so something from pet co would work

 

[Woodstock]

sure~!