boiled liverock

pico1966 · 12/23/2009, 01:36 PM

I boiled a piece of LR that wieghs about 10lbs.I have about 120 lbs in my DT.Im just curious if i can just add the piece back????

pico1966 · 12/23/2009, 01:37 PM

incase your curious it was done to kill an aptaisa..

der_wille_zur_macht · 12/23/2009, 01:39 PM

Yes, likely it would be fine to add back. In a large tank a piece that size won't make much of an impact. I'd do my best to clean it first - scrub it well and try to get anything loose off. Rinse it and repeat scrubbing/rinsing until the rinse water looked clean.

12/23/2009, 01:36 PM	#1
pico1966 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 103	boiled liverock I boiled a piece of LR that wieghs about 10lbs.I have about 120 lbs in my DT.Im just curious if i can just add the piece back????

12/23/2009, 01:39 PM	#3
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Yes, likely it would be fine to add back. In a large tank a piece that size won't make much of an impact. I'd do my best to clean it first - scrub it well and try to get anything loose off. Rinse it and repeat scrubbing/rinsing until the rinse water looked clean. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)

12/23/2009, 01:37 PM	#2
pico1966 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 103	incase your curious it was done to kill an aptaisa..