LR in the dark

[Phanman]

My experience with cooking LR is after only a month, yes it will stink, and alot of crude does come off the rock. As to the coraline dying... well i checked a couple days ago and i still have coraline on the rock and its been cooking for 2.5 months. I do 30% regular water changes every 2 weeks.

I had like 30 dead worms at the bottom of the container as well.

[Whatigot]

I was changing water almost every 2 days in mine, really wanted some squeeky clean rock for the new tank....
wonder my my coraline died offr so much faster.....

[Phanman]

thats odd.. not sure why your coraline died off but you got me kinda worried, haha.

[Whatigot]

the feeling is mutual....lol

[scumchug]

The coralline will turn white, but shouldn't take long to come back. Cooking it for only a month is useless.

I have at least 100 pounds cooking at any time. I cook it for as long as it takes to not test any nitrates or phosphates. I change the water once a week at the minimum. run a skimmer, heat the water, and have a couple power heads going. Every week when I change the water, I take the rock out, scrub it with a brush, and rinse it in clean water.

The rock I have cooking right now is the worst I've ever done. Its been cooking since October 13th, and still testing Phospates at 0.25. It should be done in another 3 weeks to a month.

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by scumchug

The coralline will turn white, but shouldn't take long to come back. Cooking it for only a month is useless.

I have at least 100 pounds cooking at any time. I cook it for as long as it takes to not test any nitrates or phosphates. I change the water once a week at the minimum. run a skimmer, heat the water, and have a couple power heads going. Every week when I change the water, I take the rock out, scrub it with a brush, and rinse it in clean water.

The rock I have cooking right now is the worst I've ever done. Its been cooking since October 13th, and still testing Phospates at 0.25. It should be done in another 3 weeks to a month.

Noone here said that they were cooking for only one month...lol.
where did that come from>>?



lol.

[scumchug]

You mentioned that you had a lid on it for a month. I just wanted to throw that out there so someone didn't get the wrong idea and think they could cook it for a month, and all would be fine.

I had one person contact me thinking that cooking live rock was done in the oven.. The internet is a great resource for information, but sometimes what you type, and what someone else reads are two completely different things.