I am going to go out on a limb and probably get flammed by any store owners but yes I would put it in a dark (totaly black) container with good cirulation and a heater. then do water changes on it every week or two untill no more junk comes ut of the rock (about 2 months)
I know a lot of stores now promote the algaes on rock as what makes it live but the simple fact is 99% of the algaes are nussence algaes that can cause problems laiter. the thing that makes live rock live is the bacteria and the pods/worms ect. coraline algae is fast growing and easy to start so losing that is no big deal, but the process of "cooking" the rock if you got time can solve a lot of problems befor they happen.
I know people are going to argue that good skimming/waist removal will take care of any algae problems but face it not everyone has the ability to be set up 100% perfect and even then some times you can still have algae problems.
I would much rather buy rock that is bare and full of pods than have any sort of algae on it anyday.
Steve
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