Dead Live Rock?

[dwinter]

Hello, I just bought a second hand setup, and I have 80lbs of 'dead live rock' (Fiji) that has been dried out for about 5 months.
I just wanted to know what the best thing to do with it is? I do have about 50 lbs of good live rock with lots of coraline growth on it. Will the live rock I have bring back the dead rock over time? Does any one know how long it would likely take?

 

[Lawnmower Blenn]

yes it will bring it back might take a few months but it will come back to live rock nothing on it to die off so your tank wont cycel with it

 

[Hop]

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It will start to become "live" with bacteria shortly after being placed in the tank with the liverock. As far as the coraline and other stuff, it will take a few months to start to spread and in six months to a year, you probably won't be able to tell which was which.

As far as prepping the rock, many here will say rinse and dunk.

Personally I would place the 80 lbs in SW and begin cooking the rock with about 1-5lbs of the live rock. I would do this for several months until phosphate levels are zero after 1-2 weeks in the same water

 

[cyacop]

can you buy live rock from your lfs and it die in your tank?