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What’s up Fam, So I recently had lost 4 clownfish due to brooks. I took my goby out and began my fallow stage about 5-6 weeks ago….

I recently started a brand new tank (32 gallon Fiji cube ) can I add some of the rocks from my old tank to this new one for bacteria and cycling purposes? Would it be considered “cross contamination” how about bio media?

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You can add the rock/media, but I would suggest assuming that it's contaminated - so you'd want to finish the fallow period (in both tanks, if you add the rock to the new one) before adding fish.
 
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You answered perfectly I got like 1 more week left which would be enough time for my tank to be cycled with extra time … yes I know, nothing in reefing is fast lol but it would make sense. I’m just keep seeing that the brooks can’t live on rock or the bio media so I should be good but just looking for a common denominato\
 

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I’m just keep seeing that the brooks can’t live on rock or the bio media so I should be good but just looking for a common denominato\
Yeah, just like ich and velvet, it can't live on rock or bio media, but it can detach from its host and end up on the rock/media (and other places, like previously uninfected fish) temporarily - so treating everything in an infected tank as if it's potentially carrying the pathogen is just the safest approach.
 

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