Need advise

[sealtea116]

So I cured about 25 pounds of dry rock to add to my already 45 pounds of live rock so about 70 pounds now of live rock and I now realized I need more rock so I was woundering can I just add another 25 pounds of dry rock to the system or should I cure the extra 25 and then add it with the rest of it
Thanks

 

[marrone]

If you're going to use dry LR then you want to cure the LR before you put it into tank, that way you take out any of the phosphates that maybe in the LR before you place it into your tank.

 

[Chefjpaul]

Vinegar or muric acid bath should be fine way to go for such a small amount.

 

[sealtea116]

I used a 10 to 1 ratio of bleach and water and then power washed it 3 times and it is now soaking in fresh water in case there is still bleach on the rock

 

[sgdcover]

Eek careful with the bleach.

By dry rock do you mean bare rock or dead rock? I've used dry rock (very dry as in bare). a good rinse and in the tank it went.

 

[sealtea116]

It was once in a reef aquarium and was taken out and then dried I power washed it 3 times and soaked it rinse and soaked again to get the bleach out before I put it into the aquarium

 

[Chefjpaul]

Your fine with the bleach. Once it dried it disappeared.
I still would recommend some kind of acid soak for phosphates, vinegar would be fine.

 

[sealtea116]

Vinegar would be fine to get the po out of the rock?

 

[Chefjpaul]

Yes, there are plenty of videos on line. No different than murric acid wash, just not as strong.

Last time I used vinegar, i made it super concentrated with rodi, waited until the fizzy stopped, rinsed and did again, rinsed, soaked, tested for PO4.

 

[sealtea116]

Awesome cause all the video I saw were with the music acid and that I wasn't about to do that is crazy but I can def do vinegar I clean all my stuff with vinegar so cool thanks

 

[Chefjpaul]

Good luck. Just make the bath super strong.