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Rich D
06/30/2009, 10:53 AM
I have a few pounds of liverock from my old system that have been outside in a trash bin for about a year in fresh water. Yesterday evening I decided it would be nice to have some rocks in the fuge to bring some life down there, so I put the rocks in salt water to kill off any fresh water, bugs, mosquito larvae etc... So how long would it take to kill off any non-salt water animals/algae that is on the rock.

I could also just leave the rocks out in the sun for a few days if this would be more effective.

I plan to kill off anything on them, then soak them in fresh RODI water and test for phosphates/nitrates before putting them in the tank. Any insight appreciated.