sterilizing rock after ich/velvet outbreak

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Hello,
Can I re-use marco/live rock from my tank after an outbreak if I bleach them? Thanks!
 
You could also run them in your tank without fish for 45-60 days and any Ich or Velvet should die off without a fish host to complete its lifecycle, if you don't want to completely restart from dry rock.
 
Just air dry should be enough to reuse if you dont bleach.
 
I have not found air drying to be a reliable deterrent. Chlorine or bleach will sanitize everything. OR fishless for 45 days.
Ich / velvet cysts cannot survive a week of drying unless you had placed them back within 72hours.
 
If your going to bleach them, please make sure you BAKE them out in the hot sun for a couple of days.

Definitely DO NOT BOIL your rock. A LOT OF bad things can happen once u do that.
 
Ich / velvet cysts cannot survive a week of drying unless you had placed them back within 72hours.
Yes, I have heard that before. The same thing was said about flat worms after I dried out substrate for 30 days, in the sun. Yet, they returned with a vengeance.

I shall repeat a quote from Jurassic Park,
“Nature will find a way”.
 
Also If you use bleach make sure to rinse and soak in fresh water with a dechlorinator and air dry. Repeat a few times so that no residual chlorine remains.
 
Yes, I have heard that before. The same thing was said about flat worms after I dried out substrate for 30 days, in the sun. Yet, they returned with a vengeance.

I shall repeat a quote from Jurassic Park,
“Nature will find a way”.
Agree :)
I have used bleach as a nuclear option but it was painful to repeat rinse ,soak and dry as it took a while to be sure there was no residual chlorine. But yes it was 100% effective in getting rid of a velvet massacare.
 
Also If you use bleach make sure to rinse and soak in fresh water with a dechlorinator and air dry. Repeat a few times so that no residual chlorine remains.
While both bleach & chlorine will disinfectant, because if possible residual chlorine m, I often choose 12% peroxide
 

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