jmick
Active Member
Yes, took out the rock one piece at a time and cleaned it off and put it back in the tank. No, it didn’t remove all of the algae but it did remove close to 90% which is a good start. I placed the rock in a vat full of tank water and scrubbed away (had to refill the vat close to 5 times because it was so dirty and I couldn’t see what I was doing (I also dunked it in a tub of very clean water before putting in main tank).
Your plan sounds fine but make sure you give yourself plenty of time because it takes a lot of time (80lbs of live rock took me almost 4 hours to clean). Also, you can probably save yourself some money and skip the live sand and instead use very fine oolitic sand (your live rock will seed it fairly quickly).
Your plan sounds fine but make sure you give yourself plenty of time because it takes a lot of time (80lbs of live rock took me almost 4 hours to clean). Also, you can probably save yourself some money and skip the live sand and instead use very fine oolitic sand (your live rock will seed it fairly quickly).