cleaning dry live rock

[tony02133]

What's the best way to clean dry live rock

 

[Haulin Oates]

Put it in the sun for a few weeks, then a day in a bucket of muriatic acid water, then a day in a bucket of water with prime in it, then maybe some more Sun drying

 

[SynDen]

A good washing in muratic acid will clean off most of the dead material

 

[Haulin Oates]

Then I usually put it in a tank on its own with a piece of live rock from my current tank and cook it for a few months, getting the good bacteria to colonize all of the rock

 

[tony02133]

That's a good idea but I don't want to wait for months lol

 

[SynDen]

well one way or another, with dry rock, you are going to be waiting months. You could wash in muratic acid, rinse with ro, set in sun for a week or so and then put in the tank, but doing it that way will make your cycle take several months before the tank will stabilize to the point that you can put the first few things in. Doing it blazinjack's way will actually save you quite a bit of time.
Of course the fastest way all around would be to start with live rock

 

[tony02133]

So should i put a couple of pounds of live rock ?

 

[SynDen]

well it still gonna take it quite some time to cure the dry rock if you going to use it too. You could start your take with just live rock in it, cure the dry rock as suggested and then add the dry rock later on once it is cured. May still trigger a mini cycle though once you add it

 

[tony02133]

Ok ,thanks for the info

 

[SkyDiv3r17]

You could also boil your rocks. However it wont get rid of all of the crap that acid will, but it's quicker.

 

[tony02133]

So can I just bleach and boil them??