live rock care?

[ferrybongo13]

Just wondering if scrubing (lightly) and /or blowing off debris(using small pump) from live rock is a good idea....will it do harm or good? :tub:

 

[jerl77]

i blow my rock off with every water change

 

[Master Shake]

i give them a good shake all the time to get extra stuff off of them all the time

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Also a toothbrush to scrub off bad algae and such.

 

[bizarrecorals]

if is not too dirty, just leave it, if you must clean it, take it out of the tank, clean it in a bucket of your tank water. If you have corals, the debris can hurt them if not removed properly. Hope this helps.

 

[Dre]

Believe it or not they are people how blow debris of there rocks and corals ever day.I use a toothbrush to remove some stubborn algea.

 

[ferrybongo13]

Ok thats good....I blow it off before a 45 gallon water change every 3 to 4 weeks.
and lightly scrub when needed.

 

[SevTT]

Just wondering if scrubing (lightly) and /or blowing off debris(using small pump) from live rock is a good idea....will it do harm or good? :tub:

Blowing's better. It frees up detritus to get caught by filters/skimmers/settle out int he sump, and a lot of smaller-polyped corals and some other corals seem to like sucking up the clumps of bacteria and gunk.