Blue Live Rock?

[theyangman]

I just skimmed through the thread.... jesusssss........... It is bigger than our two tanks put together...... times 3.

 

[bart84]

Now that's a tank!

 

[AdInfinitum]

I probably have a couple pieces of this stuff in the basement if you're building something and need some more.

 

[curiousphil]

Lol yeah, I've been slowly reading through that thread for over a month haha

 

[theyangman]

last thing I need is more live rock, I am slowly adding unique pieces now, like branchy stuff or cool shelf ones, but someone has been slow on the trigger in getting me some.

 

[theyangman]

OK. So things must be dying cause the rock stinks to high heaven. I walked down to my sump room to do my weekly water change and JEBUS. It reeks in there. I'm desperately trying to find the source when I look over at the rock and I put my nose up to it and YUP. I found the culprit. How do ip get all the dead crap out of the rocks now? It just stinks and putting so much dead stuff back into my tank doesn't seem like a good idea....

 

[heath]

I used to have a piece of that, I got mine out of the Gulf of Mexico. I used it for a decoration (not in the tank) until it got broken. If you want to sell it PLEASE let me know, I thinks it great..they sell it down there as souvenirs..

 

[bart84]

You have to cure it in a container with a skimmer and an air stone. Let it soak in there for a week or so.

 

[theyangman]

I'm giving it another bleach bath for a few days just to make absolutely sure everything is dead. But I'm afraid that all the snails have simply retracted inside of the rock and are dead and decaying in the rock and won't be able to come out....

 

[bart84]

Curing will take it all out. It lets the organics and proteins rot and the skimmer will pull it all out

 

[Fishit]

If you want to neutralize the bleach soak it in vinager and ro water might help kill them off also

 

[JamesHurst]

That is indo live rock. Its blue in the middle. Nothing wrong with it. I have lots of this, my favorite kind of rock. Its expensive to buy.

 

[JamesHurst]

If you want to neutralize the bleach soak it in vinager and ro water might help kill them off also

+1 vinegar. Boiling the rock is always smart too. Then cure and seed it.

 

[sunnykita]

how did you make out with the rock Tony?

 

[theyangman]

Still soaking in the bleach water mix. Going to leave it there till the weekend when I have more time to deal with it.

 

[sunnykita]

I wonder if a small pump added to the water would help remove any nasties from within the rock? movement? probably safer to add a pump to water and vinegar though

 

[JamesHurst]

Or a uv sterilizer?

 

[theyangman]

Oh crap this thing is still soaking in the bucket. Lol