Well, just got my live rock in! Hooray! Didn't look like much in the box, but once it was in the tank, it's enough. Doesn't look very impressive now, but I know that in a while it will look cool. Couple quick questions though.
-I received my rock wrapped in wet newspapers and cardboard, surrounded by plastic. Is this typically how they send rock through the mail? I guess you can't put it in bags of water for obvious reasons, but it seems it wouldn't stay moist enough for much of anything to survive this way. :sad
-I dipped my rock in a bucket of salt water siphoned from my tank first, then placed it in the tank, to kind of "rinse" it first. I know some people say they scrub their rock, but it seems that once again, this would knock off/kill what little may have survived on the rock. Think it matters either way?
-Lastly, I know that because of die-off you get huge spikes in ammonia, etc., which you want to minimize the impact of by doing frequent water changes. Once all the rock was in my tank and arrainged, the water was pretty cloudy, so did a 10% water change and that seemed to help quite a bit. I was thinking of ~10%ish every day for the first week, then maybe bi-weekly for another week, then just monitoring the levels and changing once a week if levels are good. Think this is enough, or how did you all do it?
Thanks again for all the help.
-I received my rock wrapped in wet newspapers and cardboard, surrounded by plastic. Is this typically how they send rock through the mail? I guess you can't put it in bags of water for obvious reasons, but it seems it wouldn't stay moist enough for much of anything to survive this way. :sad
-I dipped my rock in a bucket of salt water siphoned from my tank first, then placed it in the tank, to kind of "rinse" it first. I know some people say they scrub their rock, but it seems that once again, this would knock off/kill what little may have survived on the rock. Think it matters either way?
-Lastly, I know that because of die-off you get huge spikes in ammonia, etc., which you want to minimize the impact of by doing frequent water changes. Once all the rock was in my tank and arrainged, the water was pretty cloudy, so did a 10% water change and that seemed to help quite a bit. I was thinking of ~10%ish every day for the first week, then maybe bi-weekly for another week, then just monitoring the levels and changing once a week if levels are good. Think this is enough, or how did you all do it?
Thanks again for all the help.
It's a 60 gallon, although, with the sand, rock, and equipment in it, it only holds about 40 gallons, so don't know if they lied to me in the LFS when I bought the tank. 
