Curing Dead Rock

[Prairie Dog]

I took some cured live rock out of my system a couple of years ago. Just left it outside on patio.

I want to put some of it back into system. Mostly just dusty. Nothing is living on this rock.

So I power washed the rock and then put it in a brute can with heater and power head and some smaller pieces of live rock to cure it.

Should I have gone through a bleach cleaning process before trying to cure it?

Don't think I need to go through acid cleaning.

 

[Duke4Life]

Was it in a container doing this time or anyway for chemicals to have gotten to?

 

[twilliard]

If it was dry and left outside a good washing of dust out is all that is needed
I feel people are confused about what curing means when it comes to rock and the process of allowing dying organic matter to finish decaying.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Was it in a container doing this time or anyway for chemicals to have gotten to?

I had it stacked on a small table with a towel over it, under a patio roof. No chemicals.

 

[Prairie Dog]

If it was dry and left outside a good washing of dust out is all that is needed
I feel people are confused about what curing means when it comes to rock and the process of allowing dying organic matter to finish decaying.

That is what I thought. Due to the timeframe, I didn't think there was a reason to bleach it since it was finished decaying.

 

[bobman]

Agree with Twilliard a good wash and its good to go.