Curing Rock Help!!!!!!!!!!

Radiography14 · 12/11/2007, 01:30 PM

OK well let me tell you all the elments to my story. I live in Maine its like 20 at night 30 during the day and my friend is selling me like 50lbs of live rock from his tank that he gave up on. I has all the gross gunk like huge and small aptasia and coralline eating starfish.. If i take it out of his tank and put it in a garbage bag place it outside . how long should i leave it out there to kill everything.. OK lets says its inside too? .. After it drys out i was going to put it in a rubbermaid conatiner for a couple of weeks with a powerhead to swish all the dead stuff off......any comments and suggerstions welcome.

scrmbld33 · 12/11/2007, 01:48 PM

do a search about "cooking" live rock, its kind of like curing the rock without any light for a while

NocturnalReef · 12/11/2007, 01:55 PM

I wouldn't really suggest that one,i don't see why it wouldn't actually work but you are losing out on a lot.. that way all the stuff inside will die and dry to it, then when you go to place it back in i am sure your going to have a smell problem and nothing really alive at all... plus any of your coraline you had will be gone.

Best thing to do is grab a couple five gallon buckets/trash can with some r/o water... i don't think you have to get the ph right but it wouldn't be a bad idea for the coralines sake...anyway dip the rock in the bucket/trash can and let it sit there for 10-15 minutes... shake it around a bit after 7-8 minutes to get the already dead critters out..... you can also use a wire brush to clean the outside of the rock so there's no aptasias or hair algea etc...... after all that you can just put them in a new setup and start the cycling or in something else with cycling water

dendro982 · 12/12/2007, 09:08 AM

Couple of days of a good frost should kill everything, but can't know for sure - didn't tried.

Blown 346 · 12/12/2007, 09:17 AM

You can let the rock sit outside, it will die fairly fast form the cols and as it dries out. Curing it in a rubbermaid container will work great. I suggest after the rock is in the curing state to scrub the rock with a clean preferably new to get the nasties off, swish the rock in the water of the tub. Do a 100% water change and just make sure you have a heater int he tub, no light, and alot of water flow. I would change the water out in it every week.

12/11/2007, 01:30 PM	#1
Radiography14 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland,Maine Posts: 299	Curing Rock Help!!!!!!!!!! OK well let me tell you all the elments to my story. I live in Maine its like 20 at night 30 during the day and my friend is selling me like 50lbs of live rock from his tank that he gave up on. I has all the gross gunk like huge and small aptasia and coralline eating starfish.. If i take it out of his tank and put it in a garbage bag place it outside . how long should i leave it out there to kill everything.. OK lets says its inside too? .. After it drys out i was going to put it in a rubbermaid conatiner for a couple of weeks with a powerhead to swish all the dead stuff off......any comments and suggerstions welcome.

12/11/2007, 01:48 PM	#2
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	do a search about "cooking" live rock, its kind of like curing the rock without any light for a while __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

12/12/2007, 09:08 AM	#4
dendro982 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,963	Couple of days of a good frost should kill everything, but can't know for sure - didn't tried. __________________ Multiple Tank Syndrome: 15g shallow hi light - Xmas tree rocks, nps, sps, clams 6g shallow dark - sun corals collection 5g - sea apples NC12 - tube anemone 20g L - frogfish 125g - filefishes and lion Current Tank Info: 6 BB tanks: NPS, filter feeders and odd fish. LPS, sps and clams too

12/11/2007, 01:55 PM	#3
NocturnalReef Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: saline, MI Posts: 80	I wouldn't really suggest that one,i don't see why it wouldn't actually work but you are losing out on a lot.. that way all the stuff inside will die and dry to it, then when you go to place it back in i am sure your going to have a smell problem and nothing really alive at all... plus any of your coraline you had will be gone. Best thing to do is grab a couple five gallon buckets/trash can with some r/o water... i don't think you have to get the ph right but it wouldn't be a bad idea for the coralines sake...anyway dip the rock in the bucket/trash can and let it sit there for 10-15 minutes... shake it around a bit after 7-8 minutes to get the already dead critters out..... you can also use a wire brush to clean the outside of the rock so there's no aptasias or hair algea etc...... after all that you can just put them in a new setup and start the cycling or in something else with cycling water

12/12/2007, 09:17 AM	#5
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	You can let the rock sit outside, it will die fairly fast form the cols and as it dries out. Curing it in a rubbermaid container will work great. I suggest after the rock is in the curing state to scrub the rock with a clean preferably new to get the nasties off, swish the rock in the water of the tub. Do a 100% water change and just make sure you have a heater int he tub, no light, and alot of water flow. I would change the water out in it every week.