Uphoric Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Have some old live rock which i just took out of the water. This rock was riddled with aiptasia and cyano. What should i do to make sure none of that goes into the new tank, I don't have the new tank yet so no rush. Want the rock to be completely dead before it goes into the new tank.The tank it came from also had a bad algae issue. Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 With all those problems you just mentioned I would just start fresh with new rock you don't want to be battling that in the new tank Link to comment
B16acrx1988 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Just swapped to a new tank and had bad algae on my rocks did a really good peroxide bath and almost two weeks later in new tank none of the algae has popped up. Now for the aiptasia I don't know about that. Link to comment
SchnauzerFace Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 To "reset" that rock before a tank transfer, I would do an acid bath. This is what many reef keepers do when they get dry rock (especially from BRS, I hear). Fill a bucket with rock and water, add muriatic acid (making about a 90:10 water:acid solution). Let soak & foam for a few minutes. Rinse, then let cure in a bucket of salt water while you're waiting on the new tank. Throw in a power head and heater, and do a water change every couple weeks, too. You'll start fresh -- no algae or aiptasia. EDIT: this guy also does a bleach bath, which I guess would be even more effective. But I doubt aiptasia will survive the acid. Link to comment
Uphoric Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Thanks everyone quick response! Will try the acid, theres just a few rocks that i really like for the rest ill go with fresh rocks. Link to comment
SchnauzerFace Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Thanks everyone quick response! Will try the acid, theres just a few rocks that i really like for the rest ill go with fresh rocks. The pukani from BRS is really cool. I meant to order 25 lbs last week then forgot. Went to do it tonight and they're out of stock Link to comment
Uphoric Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 The pukani from BRS is really cool. I meant to order 25 lbs last week then forgot. Went to do it tonight and they're out of stock Yeah I wanted to order some from there but they dont ship overseas Link to comment
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