• Processing dry reef rock for a marine aquarium

  • Whitney

Good evening, forum members! I have a strong desire to set up a marine aquarium, but since I have no experience in this, I bought a Boyu 500, an Aquael Reef Circulator 2600 pump, and Deep Coral Sand, 1.7-2.7 mm. Now the question is about acquiring salt and live rocks. I seem to have decided on the salt, and I would like to start with about 5 kg of live rocks. However, another question has arisen: there are dry reef rocks available for sale, and it seems they can be placed in the aquarium along with live rocks, but I haven't found a complete description of how to prepare the dry reef rocks before placing them in the aquarium. If you could, please provide instructions on how to process the dry reef rocks before adding them to the aquarium with live rocks. Thank you in advance for your responses!

Gabrielle5053

how I did it: 1. Thoroughly washed all the stone under running water with a brush, cleaning everything that could be cleaned. 2. Soaked for 2 weeks in osmosis water with daily water changes (sometimes I forgot and it sat for 2 days... it smelled quite a bit). 3. Rinsed again under the tap and cleaned everything that had soaked with a brush. 4. Rinsed in osmosis water, dried, and glued the composition. I dried it outdoors and didn't put it in the oven because I was afraid of making the whole apartment smell. But the result is good; diatoms disappeared in a week, there were no cyanobacteria, filamentous algae, or other nonsense, and I started with clean dry reef rocks... although there were a lot of macroalgae at the beginning.

Hannah

Thank you for your response! As I understand, you didn't boil them. I read in one of the messages how SHARKHAN did it, but I might be mistaken about who wrote it; I don't remember. He mentioned that he just washed them well, cleaned them, and boiled them for a couple of hours before placing them in the aquarium, but I don't know if he soaked them beforehand. I just want to start with live rocks (J.K.) and dry reef rocks (S.R.K.).

Kevin

I rinsed it under the shower and put it in the aquarium. It didn't smell. S.R.K. (dry reef rocks) can also vary.

Lynn4242

Well, I did it as I described above; maybe the process can be simplified, but I haven't tried. I agree, it all depends on what kind of stone arrived.

Jason9385

If only I knew where to get such a stone. We don't have the option to choose in our city, so we have to order online. If you have any acquaintances or if you have purchased such a stone, please share a link. I would be grateful in advance.

Melissa3820

I took it from Sasha a. He is like that on the forum too - .

Crystal

Thank you, I will contact him regarding this issue. Can you also advise me, before adding live rocks (L.R.) and dry rocks (D.R.) to the water, should I add bacteria or some kind of microflora? If so, could you recommend a company to choose from? I read that some marine aquarium enthusiasts add the following before starting: Nite-Out II 4oz Gel Filter Cartridge Inoculant 4 oz Bacterial Aquarium Bcer 4oz Special Blend 4oz

Aaron580

I have heard good reviews about S.R.K. (dry reef rocks) more than once, and he even has ready-made compositions... we chose what we liked and that's it.

Amber9312

If there are live rocks, then ideally no additives are needed.

Jamie3553

As far as I know from your topic, your "S.R.K. (dry reef rocks)," which was purchased from a, has been in the aquarium for a long time and has almost become L.K. (live rocks). So do not mislead people.

Angel2396

I don't understand where the misleading information is here. I personally took dry reef rocks (S.R.K.) twice, and my fellow countrymen also got dry reef rocks (S.R.K.) from him. They are excellent, lightweight, porous, and full of holes. I rinsed them and put them in the aquarium; after 4-5 months of maturation and revival, you can't tell them apart from live rocks (J.K.). I didn't do any special treatment, just rinsed them under running water with a brush, let the water drain for an hour, and that was it. I added them to the matured reef. The first batch was 7 kg in a 400-liter aquarium. The second was 11 kg in a 700-liter aquarium. I didn't notice any load on the aquarium.

Dawn6148

Here is a good topic. Read it. I will say my piece - I would advise you to use S.R.K. (dry reef rocks) as a substrate for J.K. (live rocks). Ideally, just J.K. (live rocks).

Daniel9952

Off-topic The introduction is that this "S.R.C. (dry reef stones)" was in an active aquarium and all the nastiness that was in it has long since disappeared. Therefore, I ask you not to confuse DryReefStone with the stone that has been in the aquarium for a long time. By definition, it can no longer be S.R.C. (dry reef stones). Please read the topic on starting an aquarium by Starcomputer carefully.

Ryan1989

I specifically ask you not to mislead and NOT TO CONFUSE! This concerns you directly, read the topic carefully or better yet, ask him yourself. post #10, post #28 post #277 post #477 and only in one instance he said that he took a used stone, and even then just a little, as far as I know, and put it in the aquarium with his own, and that is less than a third of a third. post #176 So, dear, I will simply tell you not to stir the waters!