Live Rock water

[clancaster23]

I recently broke down my 75 gallon and now have 80 pounds of the rock left and I want to keep it live until I can get it sold (having a hard time doing so). Now I have the rock in a tub and it is heated but I sold both of my powerheads that I had in the 75 and I had one of those in the tub moving water around. Now I don't have anything moving the water in the tub. Will the rock stay live as long as the water is heated or is movement a requirement?

 

[chichimom79]

You need to keep the water oxygenated. Movement is required. Even an airline tubing would work

 

[Treezer8]

When I had a bunch of extra live rock I put it in an extra tank, filled it up, used one of those bubblers with the air stones on the end, and a powerhead. All the rock was fine until I got people to sell it to.

 

[little_fish]

bacteria require so little oxygen I think you would be fine with just the heater, and maybe not even that

 

[chichimom79]

Depending on what on the rock you want to keep alive, little fish is correct.

 

[clancaster23]

I do have a pump what I can send air in with in the meantime. Maybe I'll put that in just to be safe but thanks for the response!

There are I think two rocks that have mushrooms on them still and one with a small patch of clove polyps on it but other than that it's just rock.

 

[little_fish]

The corals are also going to need light if you want them to survive long term

 

[clancaster23]

I may end up putting those ones in my little frag tank I have set up if anything but other than those couple the rest is just bare rock.