I took down my last reef tank almost three years ago as I couldn't keep up with a big tank and a 2yr old. All the former live rock is now very dry and white and my son wants to setup a 29gal cube.
My original plan was to simply mix up some ro/di and rinse off the rock, to get any dead stuff or crusted salt off that I could, and then put it in the cube and allow the rot to start the cycle rather than do a full cure.
Is there any real reason to do a full cure of the former live rock, rather than just give them a quick cleaning since it's a fresh tank with no live animals and will need a cycle anyways?
My original plan was to simply mix up some ro/di and rinse off the rock, to get any dead stuff or crusted salt off that I could, and then put it in the cube and allow the rot to start the cycle rather than do a full cure.
Is there any real reason to do a full cure of the former live rock, rather than just give them a quick cleaning since it's a fresh tank with no live animals and will need a cycle anyways?
