Question about live rock

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caseykell21

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Hello its been a while since i have been on here. i recently had a bad aiptasia break out and decided to do away with the reef part of my tank. i am also upgrading to a 65 gallon tank. i put bleach on all the live rock, yes i know it will kill all the bacteria, but i boiled all of it for over 3 hours, should it be ok to put in my new tank?>
thanks c
 
put it in buckets and soak it with water containing 5X prime or dechlorinator.

you want to use the most possible, regular bleach is 3% and it will take all 5X solution to get rid of it.

but otherwise it should be fine
 
I sprayed

clorox cleanup on it, it was mainly to kill aiptaisia. but thanks i just dont want it o affect my fish in the new tank i soaked it for 3 days then boiled it for 3 hours in 2 different pots.
 
putting bleach all over your live rock and then boil it for over 3 hours. wow ! i'm surprised that your live rock didn't turn to sand after all that. even if you boiled it to kill everything on it, there was no need to boil it that long. you have to cure it all over again though. you must have had enough of aiptasia. i have very bad problem with aiptasia myself, with it covering everything, but i would never do that. even though i've heard alot about boiling rock i think you kill everything that the rock is all about to the very material it's made of.
 
I understand

I did have it bad. I never had one and then i got a piece of coral and one was on it. then it was ten, then over a hundred, i injected as much of them will calcium as possiblebut they we killing corals, and i was worried about my fish, so if i have to reseed the live rock fine with me, cuz i am moving up to a 65 gallon tank and i am keeping my LIVE sand and i didnt want all those in my new tank. so i thought it was drastic but it was whats best for my fish in the long run.
 
You've recieved some pretty good advice so far. In addition I let the rock set in a bucket with some dechlorantor for a few days as live rock is very porus and has an annoying tendancy to retain chemicals and other polutants in a fish tank. The chlorine will go into the air but, if it's trapped in a pocket in your l.r. there in no o2 to expose it to.
hth
yes, I'm a chicken
Chris
 
Thanks guys

so you dont think boiling them that long got all the chemicals out? i completly submerged them, and i let them stand in warm water for 3 days before i boiled them, i didnt spray them while i was boiling them
 
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