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04-09-2007, 03:31 PM
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People expect different things from Live rock. For me, the thought of scrubbing away all the life that I just paid for seems wrong.
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04-09-2007, 04:51 PM
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depends what shape it is in. Liverock that arrives in good shape and stays in good shape may need little to no maintenance......on the other hand, liverock that has been sitting on some boat or beach in the sun and then in boxes for hours/days at the airport may need lots of maintenance. I would say dying sponges are good to scrub off either way.
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04-09-2007, 09:16 PM
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I got the sponges off with my fingers already. I'll be scrubbing it to remove detritus, not things actually attached. Some of the rock's almost fuzzy with detritus.
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04-09-2007, 10:12 PM
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The idea is to take off the dead stuff. That will reduce your cycle and speed up the new growth. Leave the nice growing stuff on the rock.
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04-09-2007, 10:52 PM
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I've never scrubbed new live rock before. I will however scrub hair algea off of my rocks to prevent it from getting ot of hand. I've never had anything bad happen from it.
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04-10-2007, 04:05 AM
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I read somewhere that the best way to get pods growing in your tank was NOT to scrub your new rock. Decaying sponges etc are all excellent for starting a pod culture and I've found some very cool stuff growing in my tank that I never bought, right now I've got a small area of something that looks like coraline algae but it's raised, like flower petals, like a pink encrusting merulina... hard to describe but it's sure pretty.
Doug
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