Live sand vs live rock question ??

[djnzlab1]

HI,
Getting copper out of rock is much harder than bugs not sure you can.
Better to get new clean sterile rock and start over.
Doug

[sssnake]

Originally Posted by djnzlab1

HI,
Getting copper out of rock is much harder than bugs not sure you can.
Better to get new clean sterile rock and start over.
Doug

It wasn't a copper problem, more of a bad batch of red-slime remover (I guess), or, a lack of specific instructions on the box.

Anyway, that's water under the bridge. Looking forward to my new setup!

Live and learn.

[Kentanner11]

Good luck!

[inwall75]

I have boiled hundreds of pounds of live rock. (I boil for longer than 10 minutes though). I've also bleached LR. Frankly, why people want all of the "life" is beyond me. Back when the Berlin method first came out, everyone understood that the only life you need for live rock is bacteria. Dr. Shimek and a couple of others confused people by convincing them that tiny filter feeders and diversity were needed for a reef tank and that just isn't true.

[inwall75]

Originally Posted by geekdafied

The rock will become "alive" again. If you dose with purple up, it contains purple and pink coraline algae spores.

Brian,

Right on the bottle it says, "Purple Up does not contain coralline algae. Some living coralline algae must already be living on rocks or aquarium glass".