MMLR...anyone try it?

[Starry]

K, here's the pix I promised.





As you can see they are very pourous. Water flows right through the rock.

[Glennrf38]

It looks like there is still alot of salt in them. Or am I mistaken?

They look very good though.

[Starry]

nope salt is all gone, what you see is argonite sand and bumps where the salt used to be. I find if you do your first 1-2 waterchanges with warm water the salt disolves very rapidly.

[Glennrf38]

Thats true I did mine outside last summer during the heat wave.

[CRAP! Another Hobby]

STARRY....your last pic looks like it belongs in a "Blair witch" reef!

They do look good!

hillbilly....in the link posted earlier, there is a major long thread regarding MMLR. One of the repeated comments is about useing WARM water to be sure that ALL the salt is disolved from the rock.

[hillbillyreefer]

Yes that makes sense. When I did mine I always refilled the bucket out of the hot tap. Within a day or so it looked like the salt had dissolved completely. Even cold water should get rid of it, it will just take a little longer. I haven't read that entire thread on RC it seems to go on forever. Good luck with the rock!!!

[Reefer Rob]

Here's some shots of my reef with DIY rock. I don't think I'd do it again. Way too much time and effort.