drying LR

Elliott · 03/30/2011, 11:41 PM

has anyone dried live rock, pressure washed and reseeded it again? how long does it take, how much work is it, is it hard to get rid of the dead micro organisms in the rock?

Chris27 · 03/31/2011, 07:01 AM

Why would you want to do such a thing?

Elliott · 04/02/2011, 09:04 PM

getting rid of Bryopsis

I've tried everything else

Korrine · 04/02/2011, 09:17 PM

When I took down my tank I just drain the water, pulled the rock and let it sit out on the deck in Reef Crystals salt buckets to dry. Then I lidded them. When I brought them out I just gave them a fairly quick rinse under running water in the bath tub and threw them in the rubbermaid tub to cycle

That's all.

Karp · 04/02/2011, 09:34 PM

I bleached about 50LBS of LR once before as I had a huge out brake of just about everything (i gave the tank to my mother and left it at her house. she took the lights off the timer and left them all all the time).

Basically
It took
1 week to bleach the rock
1 week in my garage to "dry"
2 weeks under the sun to burn off the rest of the bleach on the rocks
1 week under water to make sure i could cleanse anything that might have been soaked by the rock

I took a 30 gallon tub with some LR and put the dead rock in it for 2 weeks to see if i could get anything on the rocks (nothing)

I started to see coralline algae growth on those rocks probably 3 4 months after I finished my cleaning process.

03/30/2011, 11:41 PM	#1
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	drying LR has anyone dried live rock, pressure washed and reseeded it again? how long does it take, how much work is it, is it hard to get rid of the dead micro organisms in the rock? __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

03/31/2011, 07:01 AM	#2
Chris27 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 4,452	Why would you want to do such a thing? __________________ Fill your tank with $5 bills, add gasoline and light it on fire.....only then will you know the real cost of reefing. Current Tank Info: 180 Mixed Reef

04/02/2011, 09:04 PM	#3
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	getting rid of Bryopsis I've tried everything else __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

04/02/2011, 09:17 PM	#4
Korrine You could get a ticket!! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Upper midwest Posts: 4,288 Blog Entries: 1	When I took down my tank I just drain the water, pulled the rock and let it sit out on the deck in Reef Crystals salt buckets to dry. Then I lidded them. When I brought them out I just gave them a fairly quick rinse under running water in the bath tub and threw them in the rubbermaid tub to cycle That's all. __________________ Try to keep in mind that we are all human...mistakes do happen! Be kinder than necessary because every one you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Current Tank Info: 40 breeder - started 9/2011 - platinum perc and sanjay's black photon clownfishes; sps and lps, and soft corals; 250w MH, 20 long sump w Bubble Magus Nac 3.5 skimmer 12g nano cube -serpent star, mini carpet anemones, w 6 sexy shrimp, 150w MH, maxi je

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04/02/2011, 09:34 PM	#5
Karp Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hialeah, Florida Posts: 173	I bleached about 50LBS of LR once before as I had a huge out brake of just about everything (i gave the tank to my mother and left it at her house. she took the lights off the timer and left them all all the time). Basically It took 1 week to bleach the rock 1 week in my garage to "dry" 2 weeks under the sun to burn off the rest of the bleach on the rocks 1 week under water to make sure i could cleanse anything that might have been soaked by the rock I took a 30 gallon tub with some LR and put the dead rock in it for 2 weeks to see if i could get anything on the rocks (nothing) I started to see coralline algae growth on those rocks probably 3 4 months after I finished my cleaning process.