CLEANING LIVE ROCK QUICK!!!!!!!

[playa0069u]

NO it wasn't trash, it was just a redneck it wasnt gross or anything, and as I said b4 i took 2 rocks, i know i know bad . i'm not going to again... and i bought my cleanup crew if that redeams me at all. I'm not trying to be "smart" with you, i appreciate your help but w/e i already did it a while ago this was an old post so it doesnt matter anyways. Dave, thanks for the idea that actually sounds like a really good idea how long will that take and umm... how bad will that smell lol I got a guy who is going to sell me LR for a dollar a pound in clearwater but i have a few interesting dry pieces from my anatomy and physiology teacher that I would still like to use on my girlfriends 30 long when we start it.
ps: thanks again Dakar u have been there since my first day on here in the chatroom.

[AuntKaren]

playa, I went back and read all the posts here. Sometimes we forget to start at the top and really READ what has been posted...sorry about that! It looks like you have asked one question that none of us has really answered and that would be....if it's dead what am I killing?

The life that WAS there was killed and you are essentially helping create new life from within the rock. Even "dead" rock has some life in it somewhere and by starting a curing cycle you will revive the life that is dormant. (DON"T DO THIS but if you had taken a chunk of concrete, put it in saltwater kept the heat correct and had a good flow going and added a dead shrimp you would see an ammonia spike which mean that life is re-cycling). So, saying that....your rock WILL become live again. Does that help? :-)

[ReefNeck]

it was just a redneck it wasnt gross or anything,

You may just as well have said "The guy was an idiot, Not sick or anything, Just stupid"
This is insulting to many people. Like calling some people Yankee is offensive.

We already know many other names that are offensive so no need to post those but let's not insult people just because of the lifestyle they may choose to lead.

[lReef lKeeper]

good point Keri !! i know a lot of "rednecks", and most of them are great people and would give you the shirt off of thier back if you needed it !!

[marinefiend]

The best way to fix the issue you have with the live rock being dead is - once it is dead you are not going to kill anything as it is already dead.

Having it sit in regular freshwater is not going to do any good at all.

A really good way to get that live rock back is to get it back into a tank of water, have a cheap skimmer on it, also add some powerheads to the tank so you have good circulation and wait a week.

Do a 25% water change on the system and then add in one or two pieces of new real live rock.

Wait another week, again small 25% water change.

Do this for four weeks and start checking your amonia and nitrate levels.

Next is goto your buddies reef tank and ask him to scratch off some of the coraline from the glass and place this in a jar with some saltwater.

Try to crush the scrapings so the water goes pink or purple(depends on the color of coraline) dump this into your tank and then turn off the pumps for four hours.

And of course due to me posting this almost a month late I am sure I am of no help to you. But at least I posted.

LOL

One thing to note is that of all the things that live on the rock they will come back to life over time as the eggs that they leave in the rock can survive some of the worst cases of drying you can ever do to rock.

There would be one thing that I would do before adding any corals to the system and that is testing the tank for copper. If the liverock was used in a fish only system and they dosed copper to fisx the fishies problems the live rock is pretty much F'D, as it will leach out copper forever.

The only real sure way to kill live rock if boil it in hot water. Scrub it well with a new unused scrub brush.

So in all you should be good

[playa0069u]

thanks alot man

[marinefiend]

No problems Playa always glad to be of some help.