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03-31-2006, 04:46 PM
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Care to enlighten me? (cooking LR)
So what exactly is cooking live rock all about? What's the purpose? Is it to remove all the nasties and nuisance algaes? Or am I way off?
How does one go about doing this? Do you need to re-cure the rock after cooking? Just looking for a mini crash course on cooking live rock. TIA 
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03-31-2006, 05:12 PM
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I like mine with Capers and a Bolognaise sauce.
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03-31-2006, 05:46 PM
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Be careful not to set your over past 400 degrees. It will burn the rock!
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03-31-2006, 05:52 PM
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Haha...
Is there anyone out there that can actually help me out here? Looking for info.. what it's all about, what the purpose is, how to do it, etc.. Thanks.
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03-31-2006, 06:29 PM
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Here's RC's looooooong thread on rock cooking....
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=1
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03-31-2006, 06:33 PM
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Basically you're putting the rock in the dark with water and a heater to kill off the algae, then doing water changes to export any excess nutrients that are shed by both the dying algae and that may be leaching out of the rock. A lot of people do this for 6-8 months or longer, I've done it for 3-4 months with success in killing the algae but have never tested to see if phosphates are leaching from the rock.
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