Experience with MMLR

After more closely examining the rock I decided I was going to supper heat the rock to cook off the rest of the salt.

I don't want a big salinity spike in the DT over time as it dissolves.

I've had it in a 5 gallon bucket of salt at 90 degrees with a small power head for about 24 hours now. I have slowly watched the salinity of the water in the bucket climb over this time period. Nothing wild but small incriments.

Previous to that it was in the makers DT for three weeks and my own frag tank for one.

Im going to keep it in the bucket for another 12 hours or so, then put it back into the frag tank (which doesn't have any corals in it yet) for a few days before I put it in the DT.

Any one else have any thoughts they want to share?

Just checked salinity, which was stable all night. I believe all salt is now dissolved. Putting back in frag tank tonight after work.

How is this working for you Rob? My current 65gal DT is all man-made rock and while I like it, I saw some issues with the maturation process that I never saw with true LR. Its taken about two years for my tank to reach the point where I feel like it is truly a mature tank.

Working wonderfully! Coraline incrusted and blends in nicely. Can't even tell it MMLR!
There is one issue if noticed and that is sponges grow on the rock like crazy??

I would put it in a tub of saltwater - after a WC and after a day or two do some test's the usual stuff. I made some rock for my first tank and soaked it a lot. Did a WC twice a week with a powerhead for circulation Took about 60 days to finish cycling. Once the coraline algae took over, couldn't tell the difference but since I made it and oput it in the tank, I knew what pieces they were.

Real LR is easier to cycle IMO - too much trouble to make and cycle for me.

There was no salt actually used in the making of that rock ReeferBob. Salt in the mix only actually weakens the final product. The only time to use salt is for making very tight channels through the rock where it can be hard to get sand out of.

The rock was actually in freshwater changed almost daily for three weeks and then in my tank for almost another 2.

BTW. My tank is one of those out there with 100% MMLR.

Just so everyone is clear check the dates on the posts. This rock has been in the tank from pretty much the beginning. And its not going anywhere!!!

Sorry. I just saw this come up in the new posts and missed that there was a second page :(

I thought you had this rock still sitting in your frag tank all this time! I guess I need to pay better attention, huh...

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Originally Posted by ReeferRob

Just so everyone is clear check the dates on the posts. This rock has been in the tank from pretty much the beginning. And its not going anywhere!!!

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LOL, sorry Rob, what a trouble-maker I am! Glad to hear yours is doing well. How about a current picture of the man-made LR piece?

Working on it!! Tank is going through some changes, construction, growth. Plus my buddy decided to lend someone his camera tonight:doh::doh::doh::mouth_zipped: tank needed to be clean anyway.

But ya, love the piece totally rocks! LOL