Dead Coral

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FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672
 
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Dead Coral

by FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672

I just started a FO SW tank and had some rock I brought back from a beach in the carribean. I just started cycling this tank and have a few damsels right now. Would it be ok if i boiled what seems to be dead coral and seashell and add it to this tank? Your feedback is appreciated.


eazy4647
 
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by eazy4647

why dont u just cure it then put int in ur sw tank? and if ur just starting ur cycle..the levels might harm ur fish i think.


angus4481
 
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by angus4481

how did you bring it back: in a bag dry, cooler with water, how? thats an important Q. if anything cure it


FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672
 
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by FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672

It is a coral skeleton. Brought it back in my luggage, no water.


angus4481
 
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by angus4481

IDK bout those, i would think of it as liverock n cure it, just to be safe


FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672
 
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by FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672

Thanks dude!


Snowboss4492
 
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by Snowboss4492

how long has it been dry?

A note on "liverock" - I havn't heard anyone use the term regenerated yet so i'll coin the phrase . as live rock goes, it's harvested and put into tanks to allow whatever died from the ocean to the tank to "cure" off -basically rot off [man it stinks] from there you bring it home [wet] cycle it into your tank, and it has good bactierias, little critters, corals, mushrooms, worms all kinds of cool, good and bad stuff, think of it as a jump start from one environment [the worlds oceans] to another [your livingroom]
That being said, anything porus you put in the tank will eventually become "live" as bactierias and the like settle in and take up home keeping on them - so if your coral has been dry for quit awhile, i think you could boil it and I would soak it for a day or so in a bucket of salt water, just incase some crude comes out, then place it in the tank and watch it "regenerate" again
I have half purchased actual "live rock" and half dried coral rock that is becoming live as time passes - -hope this helps - -read read read , welcome to the addiction !!!!!!!


FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672
 
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by FRMNUTN2SUMTN4672

thanks man. I wouldn't want coral and the like to regenerate as I am planning a FO tank. This will not happen on a coral skeleton right? it's been dry for at least a year


eazy4647
 
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by eazy4647

actually if my reading and all the comments here and there on this site are precise..that rock will sooner or later become "live" its just bound to because bacteria are bound to call it a home sooner or later..I THINK. lol

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