Reusing old Caribsea Life Rock

[Jblaine]

I just broke down a aquarium that had Caribsea life rock for the aquascape. The rock had a lot of algae, spirorbid worms, and aptasia on it. My question is, what is the best way to clean the rock so I can make a new aquascape with it and not worry about all that stuff coming back in the tank?

 

[fishywishy]

Are you restarting your tank, or are you just trying to clean the rock?

If you’re restarting, I would let the rock dry out. You can also bleach it using a 1:10 ratio of bleach to water.

If you take the rock out and kill all the bacteria on it while the tank is running, you will cause a tank crash, so I wouldn’t recommend doing that.

 

[Jblaine]

Are you restarting your tank, or are you just trying to clean the rock?

If you’re restarting, I would let the rock dry out. You can also bleach it using a 1:10 ratio of bleach to water.

If you take the rock out and kill all the bacteria on it while the tank is running, you will cause a tank crash, so I wouldn’t recommend doing that.

I’m restarting a new tank so I wanted a fresh start. I have move all my fish and coral to other aquariums in the basement that are already cycled or have been running for several years