Does KP aquatics live rock need to cure?

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So i ordered about 20 lbs of live rock from KP aquatics. Love how their based in the keys by the way. i was wondering if i need to cure it at all. Probably depends on if its shipped in water or not i guess but i wanted to check first and see what other people thought. I havent had a salt water aquarium in over 14 years so everything feels new again. Thanks for any imput.
 
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Did u have it shipped in water? If so, then you should be good. I had 300+ pounds shipped in water. 0 die off or cycling required.
i may be wrong but im pretty sure they said all orders are shipped in water now. i made the mistake of not curing some dry rock i bought and now im payin the price. Needed more rock anyways so this way it'll seed the rest of the rock and bring some of that ocean awesomeness into the tank as well
 
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So i ordered about 20 lbs of live rock from KP aquatics. Love how their based in the keys by the way. i was wondering if i need to cure it at all. Probably depends on if its shipped in water or not i guess but i wanted to check first and see what other people thought. I havent had a salt water aquarium in over 14 years so everything feels new again. Thanks for any imput.
Curing is done I believe at their facility and I generally place this type of rock in a container of tank water for a couple of hours to allow and crabs or mantis shrimp as examples to crawl out and get captured before going into display
 

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i may be wrong but im pretty sure they said all orders are shipped in water now. i made the mistake of not curing some dry rock i bought and now im payin the price. Needed more rock anyways so this way it'll seed the rest of the rock and bring some of that ocean awesomeness into the tank as well
Then you should be fine. As Vetteguy suggests, I put it into my tank but left it empty of fish and corals for a couple months. I could pull out entire rocks and hit them with hyper salinity to expunge the pests. I found a couple of mantis, gorilla crabs and fireworms which I chucked. Kept the bristleworms, mithrax and pistol shrimps. If done right, the problem with pests is highly over-exaggerated and the benefits of live rock far outweighs any negatives.
 
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i may be wrong but im pretty sure they said all orders are shipped in water now. i made the mistake of not curing some dry rock i bought and now im payin the price. Needed more rock anyways so this way it'll seed the rest of the rock and bring some of that ocean awesomeness into the tank as well
I just got in 10 lbs. of live base rock from them last week. The rock was wrapped in wet brown paper and shipped inside of plastic bags. It was not shipped submerged in water.

Hitchhikers I received:

1 Gorilla Crab
2 Pistol Shrimp
1 Giant Bristle Worm
1 Scallop
1 Brittle Star
1 Micro Brittle Star
 
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Yeah all the major live rock vendors ship in water now as far s I can tell. I just give it an inspection nd put it in. Maybe I’ve been very lucky but the worst I’ve gotten has been small predator worm that I found before putting in the display a couple of majano and aiptasia couple times. Only shrimp have been a few small pistol shrimp. Short answer it’s good to go in the display when you want to put it in.
 

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Since we are here. How ready to go is a tank that uses their sand?

I know mileage will vary and I have appropriate red sea and nyos kits for that. I am putting 1 lbs/ gal in a 25 g AIO. I have been ghost feeding reef chili and dosed Microbacter 7, 1 week ago. Sand arrives May 9th. I am wanting to try a couple of monti frags and a pretty plain acro after the dust settles.
 
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hey thanks for the replies guys. ill definitely let them soak in some water before goin into the display.
I just got in 10 lbs. of live base rock from them last week. The rock was wrapped in wet brown paper and shipped inside of plastic bags. It was not shipped submerged in water.

Hitchhikers I received:

1 Gorilla Crab
2 Pistol Shrimp
1 Giant Bristle Worm
1 Scallop
1 Brittle Star
1 Micro Brittle Star
thats awesome! i like critters like that roaming around. helps add diversity imo.
 

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Then you should be fine. As Vetteguy suggests, I put it into my tank but left it empty of fish and corals for a couple months. I could pull out entire rocks and hit them with hyper salinity to expunge the pests. I found a couple of mantis, gorilla crabs and fireworms which I chucked. Kept the bristleworms, mithrax and pistol shrimps. If done right, the problem with pests is highly over-exaggerated and the benefits of live rock far outweighs any negatives.
What’s level of salinity you use
 

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