Reusing old live rock?

[scuzy]

When i cycled the tank with these rocks after this process will it cause any spike ? Do i have ot reseed them with a small cup of sand? I am thinking of going barebottom on my restart of my tank and don't really want much sand in it.

[amcarrig]

No, it will not cause a spike. By the time you're done bleaching it, the rock will not have anything alive or dead on it so there will be nothing to decompose. You can reseed the rock with either a bit of sand or, if you're going barebottom, a small piece of live rock from a trusted source. Just examine the live rock carefully for pest anemones, algae, crabs, etc., before adding it to your tank.

[scuzy]

wow thx for the info

[grubbsj]

Ok, we followed the above advice with the following results:

Before: the live rock looked like this: Image of Live Rock, Last Day - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

The cleaning processes:

Going in the bucket: Image of Cleaning LR 1 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Humm.... "is it soup yet ma?" Image of Cleaning LR 3 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

We are done with the rinsing....Wow!! : Image of Clean Rock - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Time to start it up again:
Into a 30g tank: Image of Clean Live rock - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Sump setup for curing rock:

Top view: Image of Sump Rock-Prep 1 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Side view: Image of Sump Rock-Prep 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Next steps: Need a couple of damsles and need to get that 125g setup....

[amcarrig]

Nicely done! I may be a weirdo but I love the look of nice white rock when I set up a tank. Anything else makes me nervous

PS. Only cycle with one yellow tailed blue damsel. If you get two, they could pair up and there's nothing worse than a mated pair of damsels for aggression...except maybe a mated pair of maroon clownfish