killing live rock with vinegar

[fishgate]

I want to kill all life on a 10lb piece of live rock. I have it in a HD bucket with about 20% vinegar and the rest tap water I was going to leave it for 2 days. Will that do it?

 

[Teenreefer15]

Yeah but 2 days isn't long enough. What I'd do is dump that water out and rinse the vinegar off them. Then put them in a bucket and do 20% bleach and the rest water and this will definitely do this within 2 days. When they're done soak them in some api tap water conditioner or Seachem safe (any conditioner without the slime coat). This will neutralize the bleach. Of course you would wash the rocks thoroughly before doing this and this should be fine. If you want you could then re-cure it to to be 100% sure the rock will not change your params.

 

[Crooked Reef]

If you are talking about the regular distilled white vinegar it is already diluted to 5%. Adding it to water dilutes it more and it will take longer to work.

 

[fishgate]

Yeah but 2 days isn't long enough. What I'd do is dump that water out and rinse the vinegar off them. Then put them in a bucket and do 20% bleach and the rest water and this will definitely do this within 2 days. When they're done soak them in some api tap water conditioner or Seachem safe (any conditioner without the slime coat). This will neutralize the bleach. Of course you would wash the rocks thoroughly before doing this and this should be fine. If you want you could then re-cure it to to be 100% sure the rock will not change your params.

OK I dumped and rinsed it and put it in a bucket with about the same concentration of pure bleach. I'll kill those dagum aiptasia yet!