Rubble rock from the ocean

[Frankie Marble]

What's up guys? I have just returned from vacation & brought home some rubble rock from Aruba. Some of the rock has coralline algae on it. (That's what it looks like atleast) I'm not sure if I should put it into my tanks..... I've been posting with questions on stocking the tank & totally forgot about my rock questions. Lol

The system is still in the very young stages & if anything still cycling. I did test the water I brought it home in & levels were fine, actually the specific gravity was really high......1.030

Not that I will add the water, but would it be ok to add the rock?

I don't mean to sound like a nerd, but it would be super cool if I could put it into the tank or fuge.

Anyways thanks again everyone is great with info & sharing their experience. I love Manhattan reef!

 

[beastium]

How'd u bring back water too??

Neways cool bc I brought home dry rock from both aruba and hawaii. So cool to have them in my tank with life on it

 

[Frankie Marble]

How'd u bring back water too??

Neways cool bc I brought home dry rock from both aruba and hawaii. So cool to have them in my tank with life on it

I used a kids toy bucket to get from the beach to my room, then transferred it into the stainless steel ice bucket & left outside in the heat till ready to leave. Once I was packing to come home I used a wide mouth bottle for the smaller pieces & a heavy duty zip lock for the larger ones. Lol

Wrapped them up tight & put inside a cooler & into the luggage. Kept my fingers crossed & came home. Thankfully nothing opened!!
Like I said its mainly rubble rock but still some cool looking rock with lots of life in it.

 

[Waleedwale1]

That's awesome, got some pics? Any trouble from customs or at the airport?

 

[Frankie Marble]

That's awesome, got some pics? Any trouble from customs or at the airport?

Nah no pics yet. Still trying to settle in after vaca. No problems with customs, I would have just played dumb if so. I see people bring sand & stuff home so why not rock & water....lol

I'll work on some pics tomorrow or the next day.

 

[Waleedwale1]

Nah no pics yet. Still trying to settle in after vaca. No problems with customs, I would have just played dumb if so. I see people bring sand & stuff home so why not rock & water....lol

I'll work on some pics tomorrow or the next day.

It would have been fun explaining that lol

 

[Frankie Marble]

It would have been fun explaining that lol

Ha.... Good thing I didn't have to explain. My wife already warned me she was gonna leave me behind. Lol hahaha. How could I blame her?

 

[duromega]

following, I wanna see pictures

 

[bkstang]

I wouldn't put anything from the NY Bay but from Aruba, why not. I believe the 1.030 is because from some water evaporation. I don't believe the salinity there is that high.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

You may have to cure the rock again. That's what I have done with rubble I have found in florida on the beach.

 

[Frankie Marble]

I wouldn't put anything from the NY Bay but from Aruba, why not. I believe the 1.030 is because from some water evaporation. I don't believe the salinity there is that high.

Your prob right about the evaporation. I think I'm gonna put the rock into the tank. I don't have any fish or corals yet. So any change won't be so bad.

 

[Frankie Marble]

You may have to cure the rock again. That's what I have done with rubble I have found in florida on the beach.

It's good to hear someone else has done this!

 

[drej424]

I brought some home from Barbados several years ago. I never had any problems from it, but I didn't think of bringing it home with water!

 

[beastium]

hahah blame it on the kids. i would 100% put the rock with water in the tank and save whatever life I could

 

[reefer4eva]

Last time I was on vacation to the Florida keys I found rocks and bagged them,put them in a small styrofoam cooler then boxed it and went to the ups store and had it shipped.i also shipped about 100 or so red mangrove pods that where littered all over the place.i didn't want to take the chance of having my luggage overweight.lol

 

[JonnyJ]

I used Turks and Caicos rubble with zero problems.

 

[Tbone Reefer]

any cool critters?