Photo period for new LR

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

My reasoning for turning off the lights is that I don't know if my rocks have been cured properly. They may have been in the curing tank for 1 week. So, there might be some die off in the rocks and that could (remotely) lead to an algae bloom.

To your questions...yah...for a month or until nitrite and ammonia are zero. I know it is kind of wierd. Some people cure LR in the dark, so it is not too wierd. IMHO, I believe that the important criters that we want from the rock are not photosynthetic. Since we are not suppose to have any fish or corals during the curing stage, I felt that I didn't need light for the curing. Coraline might die off a bit...but it will grow back. Make sense ?

Hope that helps.

- Victor.