Quick rock curing

[mattr]

So I had some rocks in my fuge and I decided to add them into my display tank. The issue is that I forgot that I have a emerald crab in my fuge. He now has no place to hide, and is managing to crawl all over the place up and down baffles.

I have some dry rock and I have been boiling in water for the last few hours to "clean" it... how horrible would it be if I put it in my fuge? I have a 50g display tank with 20g in the fuge.

Thanks in advance for any help

[BlueTang<3]

Are you attempting to cook your rock by boiling it? The problem I see is dead rock going in can have a bunch of die off and leech phosphates and nitrate into your tank for up to 2 years. You'd be better off to pick up some used rock and clean it well with a brush. You could put so,e PVC pipe and such in there for him to hide for now and just remember to feed him till you find rock

[mattr]

yes, boiling it because i figured it would clean it as much as possible.

[darkreef]

Throw it in a bucket with freshwater and power head , change water every few days .
Test for phosphates ... May take a few months but that's the quickest with dry rock.

[jason604]

I normally just add them to my display few lbs at a time with no issues at all

[Craigdillman]

just add it they will become live a small addition like that won't affect much