dead rock

So I purched a 180 tank used that came with 180 pound of rock that used to be live. That guy said the tank was used for less than a year but has been stored in a garage for years ever since with the rock just dryed out in a box. My question is can I just rinse off the rock and put it in the tank...

So I am starting a new tank and have got some rock from a friend tearing down a tank and I bought some of the dry "live rock" from this place in Florida. And I have some that has been sitting in my backyard for a year. Can all of this go into a new tank to cycle together or should I not put some...

Hey everyone, so this is not exactly my first time setting up a saltwater tank. But ive never tried cycling with shrimp, so ive decided to do it with my new tank. It is 210 gallons, and ive put in 2 chopped up table shrimp (in a filter bag) in the sump. And ive been letting it rot in there for...

So in reading a couple threads recently - people talk about 'live rock' yet seem to mean completely different things. What do you think best describes what the term 'live rock' means? To me there are many different kinds of 'live rock' 1. Live rock taken directly from the ocean - shipped...

One of the weirdest trends in reefing has to be the increased use of bleach in the hobby. Once upon a time it was only (mis-)used to clean dirty filters and such. These days the most common use for it seems to be soaking live rock in it — to kill it. Did we flashback to the 1960s when this...

Just restarting an old tank and wanting to make sure the rock is 100% pest and phosphate and problem free. I bought around 40Kg of rock from a guy that had removed it from his tank around a year ago and it has just been sat around dry since then. However, I don't know or trust the history (I'm...