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03-28-2011, 05:07 AM
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Why did all his coral die? are you sure it has nothing to do with the rocks? maybe the rocks been thru a copper treatment?
Since the rocks are already dried. I would do an acid bath, muriatic acid, to remove a tiny layer of the surface and any po4 trapped within. Then cycle as normal, in a bin of course. 
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03-28-2011, 05:18 AM
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i like the idea with muriatic or hydrochloric acid,be very careful if you are going threw with the acid treatment.Very corrosive to anything it comes in contact with.
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03-28-2011, 05:35 AM
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In simple dilute the acid with water place your rock in it, make sure its outside or very well vemtilated acid will react with calcium (your rock is a calcium base) stripping a thin layer out into solution, clean your rock afterwords thoroughly with some fresh water test for ph and your rock is ready for a cycling period.
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03-28-2011, 05:31 PM
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03-28-2011, 09:07 PM
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Place rocks in a bucket full of water have a couple pump in to circulate the water.add a ph probe to have a constant readout. Slowly add the acid till you hit your desirable ph. Run it for few hours or maybe a day. Remove all the rocks wash thourouhgly acid wash is done. Now it's time for cycle the rocks ,never in your main system.totally separate tub. Oh use gloves to take the rocks out or wait till your ph is readind 7.5 or higher. Or maybe call me I will remove the rock out with my leather hands,lol,
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03-28-2011, 11:09 PM
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Sorry for all the typos.....my laptop is in service and a friend lent me an old laptop but I am not used to this keyboard.
Back to the topic…..what is my desired ph in this scenario?
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03-28-2011, 05:39 AM
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I dont think these rocks have been in copper treatment ever, i think his corals died because he was using tap water and i told not to. Anyways, how long would i need to cycle them for? Do i need to be checking for water parameters as well? Would i have an ammonia spike in there?
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03-28-2011, 07:33 AM
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if it was me i would cook the rock for a min of 3 months. AKA cycle it as per usual but in the dark.. NO LIGHT AT ALL... this will cycle the rock and the lack of a photo period will kill off any remaining algae spores etc.... and yes dry or not there is still living ( OK NOT LIVING BUT WILL SEED THE TANK) algae on it... i have started with dry rock a couple of times and still come up with valonia and red turf....
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