dead rock?

[mr.reef]

i had about 10lbs of fiji live roch in my tank before i moved as im not very much experienced as others here wich i tru respect there opinions i stored the rock in the closet for like 2 months now i started my tank over with some live sand i would like to know if i may put the dead rock back in to see what may happen. Now could someone tell me what the heck to to do? pls anyone help i would apreciate it :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

I would boil or bake the rock for about 20 minutes....then use it as baserock.

 

[pncstod]

I had some dead fiji and tonga branch rock. I just rinsed it real good in the shower and put it in my tank. It will eventually become alive and get coraline growth anyway. I cant see throwing it away, as long as you have a lot of other live rock the stuff will spread onto the dead rock in no time at all. Florida gulf rock is rock they throw in the ocean for a certain amount of time to get the good stuff to grow and then it is harvested and sold. It just takes time, i put my stuff in the back where i can only see it if you want to. Thant way there i can see the progress of the stuff growing. Good luck

 

[Anonymous]

use the rock. no need to boil it.

 

[mr.reef]

thanks guys for the info but i just rememberd i had it on my only fish tank and i had fed some copper now what? I'll be waiting for the bad news

 

[Lurshy]

If the rock was in a copper treated FOWLR, it will still have the copper inside it and will leach into your new tank. Do not reuse this rock if you are planning on having invertabrates in your new set-up.

 

[Anonymous]

Better safe then sorry. I would not use the rock if you dosed copper. 10 pounds of baserock is pretty easy to replace.

 

[skylsdale]

Throw it away.

 

[Anonymous]

If the rock was in a copper treated FOWLR, it will still have the copper inside it and will leach into your new tank. Do not reuse this rock if you are planning on having invertabrates in your new set-up.[/quot


Good point! I did not think about the copper.

 

[mr.reef]

thank you all the rock will be given to a friend with fish only tank.
im so ashamed to have put some copper in the tank with that rock in it pls forgive me guys for not being smart about simple things like that i better get my reading on and catch up with u guys in this reef money spending thing we have here :wink: thanks again and happy reefing.

 

[Anonymous]

don't mix that rock with the live stuff either.

 

[reefann]

Sorry to hear about your rock at least it was only 10 LBS.
JJ
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