Dry rock

[Eddie Rogers]

Hello Everyone,

I recently purchased a new tank (used). The guy threw in a bunch of live rock, the first picture is a piece he put together it looks clean. The second picture is from a tote he gave with about 50 more pounds of rock and a lot of its green and black coloring on it.

My question is what the best way to clean it? Should I use bleach or muriatic acid?

If acid what type of container is best, will the plastic tote work?

Should I clean the large piece in the first picture as well?

 

[Oscar47f]

You can always soak it in a solution and scrub it then set it out in the sun to dry, then cure it..

 

[john.m.cole3]

that kind of looks like mold. are all of these rocks still wet?

If wet, I'd cook the rocks.

 

[TomToro]

Great video!

that kind of looks like mold. are all of these rocks still wet?

If wet, I'd cook the rocks.

 

[Eddie Rogers]

I going to try what's in the video.

I'm not sure if it's mold, the rocks are damp and have a earthly smell.

It could be mold?

 

[TomToro]

I've cooked many hundreds of lbs of LR in my time. Both LR bought from lfs and dry rock. I usually get a large 50 gallon rubbermaid garbage can, a good pump to circulate, a heater to bring it up to about 75, salt water and an in sump skimmer. Nothing too big, but I use an aquaC 180 with a mag 7. You can skip the heater though, because of the heat from the pumps. Then I just dump the collection cup. Usually takes about 4 weeks for me. Good luck and tell us how its going.

I'm getting ready to cook come dry LR in the next week I have sitting outside to replace my old LR in the sump.