curing live rock in low light = loss of hitchhiking corals?

[Anonymous]

I've cured plenty of rock in situ and see no reason to keep the lights off. Sponges won't care, but photosynthetic corals will.

 

[Hal1]

It looks like it will be a few weeks before my wood hood is completed, and my impatience is starting to show. I want to order UNcured rock and cure it in my show tank (now completely empty)so that I'll get the most life/hitchhikers.

However, I've heard some people say that they've gotten some corals, sponges, macro-algae on their uncured rock, and I wonder if they would survive the curing process if I only used the low light (40-80 W of NO).

On the other hand, would any light loving corals survive the first trip from the ocean to my MO rock source, and then the second trip from there to my tank? If not, my original question is moot.

 

[mariner]

You'll need at least a couple of power compacts and that would only be for the two weeks. If you are going to put them under intense lighting after that you may bleach them, which is no big deal.....all the purple will come back with alk montitoring. Just wait till you have the proper setup to get the rock. It'll save you in the long run.

 

[Hal1]

Any others?