KILLING LIVE ROCK

[ElGuappo]

i have some dried live rock that still shows evidence of valonia and other algaes... i want to kill this completely so there is no chance of the algae coming back.... bleech? vinagar?

i know how to cycle and do the water changes to remove said chemicals but i dont know what works best...

ANY IDEAS???????

[Wingin It]

Boil it and/or roast it is what i've done b4 with fw rocks and i've read of others doing it with their LR too

[PoonTang]

I pressure washed mine then baked it in the sun for a month then soaked it in RODI for a month changing the water weekly.

[ElGuappo]

by roasting do you mean throw it in the oven ???

if i had a pressure washer i would have dont that already... i was thinking of taking it to a car wash to spray it but i worry about the detergent.

[Wingin It]

ya, roasting it in the oven at like 450F

[Starry]

Put it in a trash bag and trow it in the deep freeze for a few days. You can then recure it as soon as you like.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Starry

Put it in a trash bag and trow it in the deep freeze for a few days. You can then recure it as soon as you like.

interesting idea rockcicles!!!

[gobytron]

If you're not in a hurry...
just put it in a tub with som SW, an airstone and a heater and NO light for a month or three.

you can cycle the rock thisway while you kill the algae.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by gobytron

If you're not in a hurry...
just put it in a tub with som SW, an airstone and a heater and NO light for a month or three.

you can cycle the rock thisway while you kill the algae.

Does this guarantee the algae is gone? I know that Myka "cooked" her rocks this way for a long time because of a brutal Valonia problem and once she got her tank going again, back it came.

My nano has valonia and when I move, I plan to find some way to get rid of that stuff forever.