Using caribe sea live rock

Hilltopreef90 · Feb 5, 2024

Will it mess up the water chemistry in my aquarium if I replace some of my rock with the caribe sea live rock ?
I initially used old rock that I bleached and I feel like it causes issues with my water. My aquarium is over 3 years old and I just feel like it would do better if I removed the old used rocks and replaced them with the caribe sea rock
Any reason I shouldn’t or things I should watch for ?

Troylee · Feb 5, 2024

You’ll be fine if you add the rock for a couple days then pull your old stuff out as it would seed it… before we get into all that, what makes you think your current rock is messing up your tank?

Hilltopreef90 · Feb 5, 2024

Troylee said:
You’ll be fine if you add the rock for a couple days then pull your old stuff out as it would seed it… before we get into all that, what makes you think your current rock is messing up your tank?

I’ve just never had this much trouble growing and keeping corals in any of my previous tanks, water parameters are always off regardless of my maintenance, I think it’s odd that I’ve never had bristle worms considerering the age of my tank.
I also recently went through an algae bloom and I’d rather toss the rock and start over
I also bought the tank and rock used and even though I bleached the rock before using it I don’t know if it was real live rock at some point or artificial.

Troylee · Feb 5, 2024

What parameters are off? Bristle worms are a sign of over feeding honestly… there’s a lot of silica in caribsea reef rocks if I remember correctly so be ready for a diatom bloom if you chose that route.

Sump Crab · Feb 5, 2024

Life rock is no different than the bleached dry rock you used, it's just purple. If you want the benefits of real liverock you need to buy real ocean rock.