putting live rock in qt

William Chiavetta · Jun 7, 2024

My qt tank is fully empty and I don't plan to use it for a while. I was thinking that I could put some live rock in there to make sure nothing bad comes out in my DT and burrows. I also don't know how great the live rock from the NC coast is

shakacuz · Jun 7, 2024

not a bad idea!

William Chiavetta · Jun 7, 2024

shakacuz said:
not a bad idea!

Is it a normal thing to do?

Sophie"s mom · Jun 7, 2024

From what little I know, and have heard, the biggest problem would be that once a QT tank have been treated with Copper, the copper will always be in the live rock. SO, if you ever wanted to put back in the display tank, that would not be possible as it would leach copper out.

X-37B · Jun 7, 2024

Are you putting live rock from the ocean you collected in NC?

shakacuz · Jun 7, 2024

William Chiavetta said:
Is it a normal thing to do?

from what i've read/seen on r2r, some do this, some don't. i don't see any issue with QT'ing rock, however i'm not familiar with what methods are needed to properly QT live ocean/reef rock