Live Rock

[hardparts2]

I got my live rock today 60 lbs of Caribbean looks like abit for my 55g. I got alot of feather dusters, mushrooms,tinyworms,coraline. It smelt fine so I didnt scrub it alot just the black spots and soft white spots and then dunked it in salt water and shook it good and put it in the tank.The skimmer is going nuts there is so many bubbles in the collection cup I cant see the riser tube in there but not alot of water.I think its dry skimmate not super dark though. I cant really deside how I want them placed yet one of the rocks is 18 inch long 12 inch high and 9inch thick with 2 big caves in it also got anther good sized one with 2 more big caves and alot of 6 to 8 inch chunks. Later on tonight I will post some pics and I am open to suggestions.If yous want to help?I hope buy not scrubing the heck out of it I messed up.I really want to try to keep the hitchhikers alive. I would also like to thank everyone that has helped me get started.

Thanks ever so much Bob

 

[ChrisRD]

IMO not scrubbing the rock is a good idea if you're trying to preserve as much life as you can (provided you remove anything that is obviously dead/dying). Just keep an eye on ammonia levels during curing and be prepared to do a large water change to bring them down if needed. A severe ammonia spike can kill off a lot of what you're trying to preserve right now.