Wicked sweet piece of live rock

[lordroad]

I obtained a really cool piece of live rock the other day, but it was covered in aiptasia and another pest anemone. Being tired and not thinking, I dropped the rock into a bag of tap water and let it sit outside overnight. This morning I took it out of the bag, rinsed it real well in the tap, and scrubbed off the remaining aiptasia that was still clinging to the rock. I've left it high and dry in the sun all day.

Basically I'm looking to fully kill whatever's on this rock and introduce it into my system to eventually get recolonized with my good stuff.

How long should I leave it out, and what do I do to fully clean all the dead stuff off/inside it?

 

[OCCFan023]

i would think leaving it out for like 4-5 days would resemble a possible transit time, and then curing it in a seperate tank with high water flow owuld work well. Is there extra nasty stuff on this peice or is it just like a uncured peice of rock?

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Mhhh...well i dunno...but when a friend gave me rocks and coral skeletons from the reunion island, i boiled everything and it worked. I boiled it twice, cause i could still smell the rotting stuff. Then i let the sun dry it for a week or so. Now it's in the tank and no ammonia, no smell.

 

[aresgod]

boiling works well. salt too, like regular cichlid salt. put it on and scrub it off, basically lots of elbow grease

 

[lordroad]

Thanks guys. I'll take a pic when I clean it, it's so cool looking... a ricordia-appearing skeleton that looks just like half-opened zoanthids.

 

[1979camaro]

sounds like either a favia skeleton or a fungia skeleton

 

[lordroad]

I boiled the rock for an hour and then scrubbed it down real good. It's been in a cup of freshwater for the last 24 hours. Just took an ammonia reading and it's very small, under .25.

Water smells fine too.

You guys think it's ready to go in?

 

[OCCFan023]

I would say give it another day.. maybe wait until that reading is 0.. but thats just cautiouse side in me comming out and better be safe than sorry.