Pre-Cycle Question, cook rock?

[lastduke]

going to cycle the tank within two weeks after the relocation. Since I need to get the LR again, I am thinking to cook the rock and get rid of the PO4 before I put the corals in. It is the lessen learned from the previous tank. The aglae was everywhere even the LR was claimed fully cured from the fish store. It took me more than 6 month to export the PO4 from the rock.

Question:
Is there a way to cook the rock and cycle the tank in the same time?

Is the better way to buy the rock from the local reefer?

[lastduke]

impossible?

[bertoni]

Well, you could keep the rock in the dark while the decay occurs and as long after that as you wish. That should work perfectly well.

[Daniel Reef]

this thread talks about cooking rock:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3478937&postcount=11