Curing dead rock

[Slyguy00]

the only way you will know if its ready is to test your water. You need to test for nitrates and nitrates, as well as phosphates and ammonia. And thats just to start. once you see those go down to 0 you can slowly start to add things. Slowly being the key word. This is just a quick run down, but I recommend looking up how to cycle your tank on you tube. Will give you a much better explanation than i am able to.