Rock help

[pitbulls216]

Hi. My 8yr old reef tank crashed from a 10 day power outage due to hurricane Sandy. My rockwork had corals and macros all over and i don't want to throw it out. I need some advice and/or instructions on how to clean up and remove all the dead stuff. and i only want to bleach it as a last resort. any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

 

[phys]

If you're fine with waiting, it'll die off and come back on its own... it may take well over a month to do so though. You could vacuum off the dead stuff and the sand while doing water changes while you wait..

 

[pitbulls216]

everything was dead. I had to take apart my tank. I'm starting from scratch, I just want to make sure everything is cleaned out of every pore.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Well if you want to make sure everything is cleaned out of every pore, I would use bleach the rock. After the bleach bath, soak the rock in a dechlorinator like sodium thiosulfate.