live rock conditioning

blau · 11/01/2007, 06:31 PM

I want to put some formerly live rock from another tank into my tank. It has been sitting around in several buckets and is now dry. It had some hair algea and apitasia on it but I am assuming it is all dead now. I want to add this to my 180. I have heard of people scrubbing with a brush and boiling the rock. Any suggs would be helpful.

Thanks,
B

Achapman · 11/01/2007, 06:39 PM

scrubbing with a brush and boiling the rock.

Yep, do that.

blau · 11/01/2007, 11:29 PM

for how long should it be boiled?

sunfish11 · 11/01/2007, 11:36 PM

WHAT? Don't boil the rock. Why would you do that? You need to cure it though and you need to do it outside of your display. If you put dry rock with lot's of dead organic matter in your main tank, it will cycle.

dschnepf · 11/02/2007, 09:48 AM

Cure the live rock in a seperate container to avoid any potential cycle.

The dead material will cause you grief in a display tankl. GL

blau · 11/02/2007, 11:27 PM

so I have differing opinons here. I was thinking of putting it in a 29 gallon aquarium and filling it with water and maybe scrubbing the organic off. I don't have an extra skimmer to cycle another tank...hmmmm

uscharalph · 11/02/2007, 11:42 PM

If its already dry, boiling it for a minute or so would probably make sure the Aiptasia is dead and the Hair Algae is gone for the time being. You could then cure it in a tub with a heater and a circulation pump in saltwater

blau · 11/03/2007, 12:14 AM

At this point that is what I think I am going to do

11/01/2007, 06:31 PM	#1
blau Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Posts: 36	live rock conditioning I want to put some formerly live rock from another tank into my tank. It has been sitting around in several buckets and is now dry. It had some hair algea and apitasia on it but I am assuming it is all dead now. I want to add this to my 180. I have heard of people scrubbing with a brush and boiling the rock. Any suggs would be helpful. Thanks, B

11/01/2007, 06:39 PM	#2
Achapman Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 265	scrubbing with a brush and boiling the rock. Yep, do that. __________________ 30x30x30 cube - 400 Radium w/Galaxy ballast - XP-2000 Skimmer - Reeflo Dart return - Tunze 6105's w/7095 controller Current Tank Info: 180RR w/55g sump - ASD 8.2 Skimmer - 3 Lumenbright Larges with 12k Reeflux on Icecap ballasts.

11/02/2007, 11:42 PM	#7
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	If its already dry, boiling it for a minute or so would probably make sure the Aiptasia is dead and the Hair Algae is gone for the time being. You could then cure it in a tub with a heater and a circulation pump in saltwater __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

11/01/2007, 11:29 PM	#3
blau Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Posts: 36	for how long should it be boiled?

11/01/2007, 11:36 PM	#4
sunfish11 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Weyauwega, WI Posts: 2,365	WHAT? Don't boil the rock. Why would you do that? You need to cure it though and you need to do it outside of your display. If you put dry rock with lot's of dead organic matter in your main tank, it will cycle.

11/02/2007, 09:48 AM	#5
dschnepf Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 54	Cure the live rock in a seperate container to avoid any potential cycle. The dead material will cause you grief in a display tankl. GL

11/02/2007, 11:27 PM	#6
blau Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Posts: 36	so I have differing opinons here. I was thinking of putting it in a 29 gallon aquarium and filling it with water and maybe scrubbing the organic off. I don't have an extra skimmer to cycle another tank...hmmmm

11/03/2007, 12:14 AM	#8
blau Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Posts: 36	At this point that is what I think I am going to do