Marine velvet aftermath

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How y’all doing? I recently had a marine velvet outbreak in my tank. Only one fish survived. Long story short I’m breaking down the tank and going to put a couple rocks and the anemone with the lone survivor clown and then just going to grow out the corals in a fresh tank. I want to save the rest of the rock for eventually setting up a new tank but larger and obviously life rock is expensive so I’d rather save. Which ways could I do this without having to “filter” the rocks in a tub of water?
 

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How y’all doing? I recently had a marine velvet outbreak in my tank. Only one fish survived. Long story short I’m breaking down the tank and going to put a couple rocks and the anemone with the lone survivor clown and then just going to grow out the corals in a fresh tank. I want to save the rest of the rock for eventually setting up a new tank but larger and obviously life rock is expensive so I’d rather save. Which ways could I do this without having to “filter” the rocks in a tub of water?
Quarantine/ place the mentioned specimens in a clean and sterile tank and reset your tank and add life rock (tampa Bay rock recommended) and observe the clown for any issues during this reset period. Adding a UV to new tank is beneficial
 

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How y’all doing? I recently had a marine velvet outbreak in my tank. Only one fish survived. Long story short I’m breaking down the tank and going to put a couple rocks and the anemone with the lone survivor clown and then just going to grow out the corals in a fresh tank. I want to save the rest of the rock for eventually setting up a new tank but larger and obviously life rock is expensive so I’d rather save. Which ways could I do this without having to “filter” the rocks in a tub of water?

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Assuming this was true velvet (actually kind of rare), any live rock or other invertebrates need to be isolated for at least 45 days, 60 days is safer if you are not 100% certain that it was velvet.
 

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