Does Algae die when dried?

[broke1]

It's kind of a stupid question, but one I needed to ask before I reintroduced the algae I tried to kill.

I had/have a serious bubble algae issue. I took out the worst of the rocks and dried/froze them on my back porch for a month.

I'm not going to cure the rocks, because there is only about 6lbs going in, roughly 3lbs at a time.

I don't think the mini cycle is going to effect the volume of the system much(@400g).

Will the remaining bubble algae that I couldn't get to deep inside the rock be dead? Will there be any issues adding the rock back in the tank?

 

[Young Frankenstein]

How about bubble algae seeds?

 

[chrisstie]

i know you kill caulerpa by freezing, I'm pretty sure bubble couldn't hold up to it either. You should be safe but I have seen tanks contract it without any hitchhiking algae coming in. I suspect food sources or newly introduced fish that may have some spores in their waste etc. Can't say for sure just an educated guesses in those cases.

Good luck let us know how it turns out

 

[tunicata]

Sundried algae should be good. Any root systems, remaining spores, could arise again but not to the point where you would blame the same algae from 2 mos. before.

Essentially after such a sun bake, everything should be dead so you should be starting with regular dry/dead rock that DOES have organic material on/in it.

I don't know what 6lbs of it in your tank would do, oh wait...400g...you're probably good with a few extra water changes, though I've never worked with volume that big!
That's pretty cool though. Good luck

 

[broke1]

Actually it's only a 240g tank, but has a 75g fuge, a 50 gallon frag tank and a 60g sump.

I'll call ir sun dried, but it spent the two coldest months of the year outside in NE IL(nasty winters).

It's already in the tank, but thanks for the response. I actually only added 3lbs, so I'm not even going to sweat it.