supacharged21 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Ok im sure im going to get a bunch of people ready to march over to my house with pitchforks by saying this. I am 24 years old and taking care of parents house while they are living elsewhere. When i was younger i helped landscape the yard, with dead corals or live rock that are now illegal to get. (i guess it became illegal because they were harvesting them) My question is could i put one in my tank when i start it? I mean i know i could, but would it eventually harbor growth? I have at least 400-500 pounds of this stuff lined around our flowerbed. It is basicly 2 types a red porus type with lots of deep holes, and a white type with a lot of cyrstals all over it. I have no doubt this stuff was from the sea. I care about the enviroment and would have never let my parents get these ,if i had known about how things worked when i was younger. I am still gathering all of my stuff for my tank, and planning on gettings some Figi when i start. I just wanted to know if i threw in a rock or 2 if it would become something better than just a decoration. Link to comment
bradarmi Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 You can use it but you may have to "seed" the rock with some live rock and wait for a while until the flora and fauna grow from the live rock and eventually seed your rock. HOWEVER, if it lined a flowerbed, it may have picked up insecticides, herbicides, and fertilizers which would make the tank's water parameters a living hell to deal with becuase of the acculmulation of phosphates, etc.I would soak it in freshwater for a few days and see howw much debris comes out of it! I might shy away from the red porous rock as it may have picked up a lot of contaminants, keep us posted. I would definetely use it as a base-rock and put your fresh living rock on top. Bravo to help make a better use for it! Link to comment
supacharged21 Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 Well here is the deal right now i soaked a rock and i have it in my tank at the moment. I just havent started the saltwater setup up because i am still putting my equipment together. I have my beta swimming around my 20gal untill then with one of the dead rocks. Things look pretty good, but then again it is freshwater in there at the moment. I am peeking outside and have my eye on the next rock, for when i put my live rock in later! Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Its very likely that pesticide or herbicide was used at some point in time on the flower beds. Not good. Link to comment
supacharged21 Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 Roger that! Just an idea. Link to comment
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