Live Rock Cleaning?

[alfieferenzo84]

So i got 300lb of rock from someone selling a tank and they took it out of the tank and put it in buckets dry. The rock had corals, algae, snails, crabs, ect still on it and its all dead now cuz it sat for a week dry.

I power washed it all off and gave it a scrub the rock is very clean now but what do i do now? Its currently drying after all that cleaning.

Soak it in something? or just throw it into a tank? what would be the best route with this to get it clean and usable?

 

[homer1475]

Cycle it in a large brute container with a heater, powerhead, and of course salt water. All that die off,if you put it in your tank like it is, you'll more then likely have a very large ammonia spike.

Unless of course your just starting a tank, then just throw it in like it is and let it cycle along with the tank.

 

[alfieferenzo84]

Cycle it in a large brute container with a heater, powerhead, and of course salt water. All that die off,if you put it in your tank like it is, you'll more then likely have a very large ammonia spike.

Unless of course your just starting a tank, then just throw it in like it is and let it cycle along with the tank.

I have a large tank thought about just letting it cycle with a tank then take what i want and sell rest. How long would it take in a tank to be ready? Ball park.

The rock is super clean so shouldn't be much die off...

Anyother way to do it?

 

[alfieferenzo84]

so basically just "curing" it

 

[homer1475]

Exactly, just "cure" it. Ballpark figure, maybe 3 to 4 weeks. Tough to say, everything cycles/cures differently.

 

[alfieferenzo84]

Exactly, just "cure" it. Ballpark figure, maybe 3 to 4 weeks. Tough to say, everything cycles/cures differently.

Thanks!!!

 

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