Rocks with no tank

[JMorris271]

I have been lurking here a while and need to ask for some advice please.
120 lbs of rock has been cycling outside for good while and reads ZERO ammonia and nitrites.
My 125 gl. Main DT is not here yet so I have nowhere to put this rock right now. I do have a 75gal., 20 gal and 3 10 gal.tanks.
Would it be safe to divide up some of the cycled rock, spread it around in the tanks and begin to QT some corals, sand and fish?

 

[m0nkie]

yes go ahead and use those rocks to seed your quarantine tank.. just remember that if you use medication, specially copper, those rocks are done for. do not put it back in display again...

be sure to re-check ammonia, nitrite, nitrate when you set up the QT. you might get a mini cycle

 

[JMorris271]

yes go ahead and use those rocks to seed your quarantine tank.. just remember that if you use medication, specially copper, those rocks are done for. do not put it back in display again...

be sure to re-check ammonia, nitrite, nitrate when you set up the QT. you might get a mini cycle

When would you say it would be safe to start QTing my stock? Something else I am wondering about. When the main tank gets here, shouldn't I be able to put all of the rock that's left over? If so, do I need to add ammonia to the bio or can I go ahead and put in the CUC?
Calif or New Orleans?

 

[m0nkie]

Depend on what type of quarantine you run.. if just obeservation, keep them in for 1 month.

Ideally you dont want anything in the QT to touch your main tank again. So maybe leave those pieces rocks out. The rest, put it in DT and add sand/water. There might be a small cycle, so measure ammonia for a week. When the small cycle finishes, add cuc

 

[m0nkie]

I dont put LR in QT. So i set it up when fish arrives and do water change every other day or so.. after a month, i dump it for new fish