What's the quickest way to kill LR?

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Strange question, I know. I'm about 5 months into setting up a 125 gallon reef, moving all the stuff from my 29 gallon reef into it. All the inhabitants of the 29 are moved except for a psuedocromis and some snails. The rock I want to move over, but it's covered in bryopsis. I don't need it to be 'live', as I have plenty already in the 125 to support the bio load of the 125, so I don't need to spend the time cooking the rock. I just want it dead! ALL DEAD!!!

Well, as long as the bryopsis is completely and permanently gone, anyway. So, just leave it out of water for a day, or week? Fresh water dip it? Soak it in bleach? What's the best way to do this, and how long will it take?

Oh, and I'm kidding about the bleach... unless someone tells me it's the way to go...

 

[shag26272]

put it in the sun, youre gonna have to get all of the dead junk out of it though somehow, throw it in an ant pile , the ants should clean it for you

 

[20 20]

Yeah, I didn't think about the 'dead junk', it'll cause a cycle. No ant piles by me, it's about 10 degrees outside right now. Any other way to get the dead junk off? I know I can scrub the exposed surfaces of the rock, but that'll still leave a lot of junk in the cracks-n-crevices. Or, should I just go through the pain of cooking the rock?

 

[Navyblue]

Soak them in fresh water, that should force a lot of things to come out of the liverock. Then hose the crevices with a high pressure water jet or a garden hose to remove as much material as possible. The dump it back into fresh water and let it rot, you can also dump lots of bacteria-in-a-bottle and aerate the water to speed up the rotting.

Or if you can, I'd also try to boil the rock, that should help to dissolve and remove the dead stuffs in it.

 

[shag26272]

yeah I really dont see a way to do it but keep washing it and rinsing it to get it all out, except for putting it in a big pot and boiling it

 

[nUgZ]

I'm going to be doing the same thing with some of my rock. Boiling is the option I'm more than likely going to go with. Just make sure you do it outside. The smell will be unreal.

 

[RichConley]

leave it in bleach for a day or two. It'll take pretty much everthing out. Just leave it in some declor and RO for a day or two afterwards. Use like a whole bottle of declorinator.

 

[David Grigor]

You can bleach first to kill everything. Then make a 10 to 1 solution of freshwater and Muratic acid to water to dissolve the organics. Yes if left long enough will errode the rock so only leave in until it stops bubbling.

 

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Well, maybe I'll just be patient and cook the rocks. Just got done taking down the 29, removed the remaining creatures, got rid of all the sand, unhooked the sump. Now it's half full with fresh salt water (oxymoron, anyone? ), the pieces of rock I want to keep, and a powerhead to keep it aerated. Now I just gotta get something to wrap all the way around it to keep the light out.

Am I correct in assuming I need a heater when cooking rock? No, not to 'cook' the rock, but to keep the water at a stable 78ish degrees?